Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-06-16

around diet is offered and they
take what they wish. The milk
is NOT PASTEURIZED but the
nerd is Bang tested and is
free.
Mr.. BoSworth stated that last
year it cost 5000 per person,
per month, whereas the year
before it cost $500 per person,
per month, to maintain the in
mates in the home.
1t was noticed that the ma
jority of inmates were men and
that the mems section was fair
ly well filled. If additional sp-
ace was required it was felt
that the third floor could be
closed off to the women's side,
and the entire third floor open
ed up to men which would pro-
vide toilet facilities on tn e
mems side of the third floor.
The point being that THERE is
toilet on the women's side of
the third floor, but not on the
mems side. This does not, how
ever, seem necessary at this
time.
The above were comments
that we jotted down during the
trip. Below, are a few suggeS-
tionS we had to make in the
form of a report on this
home.
In general, the Home seems
to be operated on a very aver
age standard and, while not
unsatisfactory, could be impro-
we'd upon.
1t would seem that either the
current staff or some small ad-
ditional amount of help could
keep the building in a little
better state of cleanliness, in
cluding the individual rooms,
the Railways the lounge and toi-
let facilities. Several of h e
rooms contained what appeared
to be old furnishings, trunks,
and other miscellaneous items
which were filthy and constitut-
ed additional fire hazards and
should be disposed of. If the
current personnel cannot man
age this, we would suggest con-
Sidering moderate further ex-
penditureS which should accom-
plish better cleanliness.
All of the individual rooms,
Railways and lounges need re-
painting, not only from an ap-
pearance standpoint but from
a 'brightening up" which
could be very simply accom-
plished by using lighter, brigh-
ter colors than the currentvery
drab color system.
Some service organizations
would probably be glad to tao
kle the job of providing more
rocking chairs and few port
able radios, which are needed.
Some fire official of the coun-
ty should certainly examine the
Home to determine the neces-
Sity of additional fire eXtingui-
SherS, if any.
The water supply should be
tested periodically to determine
It's purity.
POPE HOME
Mrs. Baptie conducted the
Board through the Pope Home
and explained the operation of
The home.
From our observation of this
it appears that the GEN
ERAL MANAGEMENT OF
THE HOME is EXCELLENT.
The housekeeping and general
of the equipment was
practically perfect. There were
L9 patients at the time of the
visit and there are % beds.
There are no registered nurs-
IS but 4 capable people seem
to be keeping the situation
we'll in hand. DR.. Reed visits
each Saturday and upon any
emergency calls. 1t would ap-
bear that this Home is in dire
need of additional space. Not
only is there insufficient room
or any reasonable increase in
he number of patients, but the
patients are grouped together
n an unsatisfactory manner;
when one of them
becomes in a serious condition.
The day the visit was made,
me patient died in a m !
'oom in which two other eld-
,rly patients were confined. Due
% the illness of Mrs. Baptie
md the latenesS of the hour,
| complete visit was not made
,ut it would appear that some
provision for additional space
will soon have to be made.