Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05

TREATMENT CHIEF-The Del
aware Society for Crippled Chill
dren and Adults, Inc, today an
ty Treatment Center for physical
ly handicapped persons in lower
Delaware.
Richard Leolair. executive direc-
tor of the Society, said that Will
mer f. Loomis. Jr., has been hired
to offer physical therapy, occupa-
tional therapy and speech thera-
Ply on a full-time basis for multi
pie disabilities. His services will
be supplemented by social, psy-
chiatric and psychological person
mel engaged on part time bas-
is.
The treatment center is located
at Georgetown and will be open
by June 10.
The possibility of such a treat
ment center has been under con-
sideration for the past two years
after the need for such services in
Kent and Sussex Counties was
pointed out
The center will serve as a focal
point for services TO the physi-
cally handicapped and will pro-
vide the site for the Society's dem
tai program for handicapped chill
dren, an equipment locating SER
vice for crippled persons, the Del
acraft home craft program and
other activities as well as therapy
work
The proposal grew out of dis
cussion among representatives of
the Society. the Crippled Chill
dren's Division of the State Board
of Health, the Vocational Reha-
Utilization Division of the State
Board of Education, Liberty Mu-
tual Insurance Company. the We'll
fare Council, the Delaware Cura-
tive Workshop. the medical pro-
fession and others.
A professional advisory com
mittee will be appointed to assist
the Delaware Society for Crippled
Children and Adults. Inc, in the
direction of the treatment center.
This advisory committee will in
clude representatives from var
ious areas of the medical profess
sion and other professions perth
nent to the services offered by the
facility. This committee will be
responsible for review an dap
proval of program policy with re-
gard to admission, treatment and
disposition of patients; personnel
qualifications, employment prac-
tices, parent participation. inter
agency relationships and other
professional matters; initiation
and guidance in new areas of pro-
gram expansion: and consultation
and advice on the application of
program policies.
The center will also have q lay
advisory committee composed OF
10 persons from Kent and Sussex
Counties as well as some sections
of Maryland which adjoin the
state. This group will assist the
administrator of the center in pre-
pairing his budget. aid in fund rails
ing efforts for center operations
relating the purpose and the pro-
gram of the center to the COM
munity. recruiting and training
volunteers for the center, and inn
provement in equipment and the
physical plant
A fee schedule will be estab-
lished with a sliding scale based
on the patients ability to pay. In
no instance will the patient be re-
fused treatment because of inabil-
ity to pay the cost. The scale OF
fees will be comparable to those
adopted by similar agencies. such
as the Delaware Curative Work
shop in Wilmington.
Mr.. Loomis, the new therapist
for the center. is a graduate oil
Ursinus College and the Univers-
ity of Pennsylvania. A native OF
Drexel Hill, Pa, he has served
as physical therapist at the Vet
rams Administration Hospital in
Wilmington for the past five years
Mr.. LOomis, a veteran of the U
s. Navy, will reside on Robinson
Street, in Georgetown. He is mar
ried and the father of two chill
dren.