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2 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong>artistand art tutor Robin<br />
Arnst celebrated her 80th birthday in<br />
style on Sunday with amad hatter’s<br />
tea party.<br />
The afternoonparty was held at<br />
Ruth Hall’s musical farm At Violinos<br />
near Winchmoreand featured drinks,<br />
cake and amusical recital.<br />
Some 50 guests attended theparty,<br />
most wearing ahat of some<br />
description.<br />
Some hats featured elaborate<br />
Worries after home help axed<br />
LINDA.CLARKE<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Mid Canterbury GPsand AgeConcern<br />
are worried that the Canterbury<br />
District HealthBoardhas axed home<br />
help for manyelderlypeople and say<br />
it could resultinmore movinginto<br />
resthomes.<br />
In onecase, aperson in their 90s<br />
who hadbeenreceivinghomehelp for<br />
15 years wastold the servicewould<br />
stop.<br />
Home helpincludes changingthe<br />
sheets on beds, cleaning bathrooms<br />
and vaccuming, tasks manyelderly<br />
struggle with becauseofill health.<br />
TheDHB, via <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital,<br />
stoppedmost home help duringthe<br />
lockdownbecause of worries about<br />
spreading covid.Afterlockdown,<br />
elderly receivingthe service were<br />
assessedoverthe phoneabouttheir<br />
ability to carryonwithoutit.<br />
GPsspokesperson Dr Emma<br />
Andrew said GPswere concerneda<br />
lot of home help hadbeenstoppedfor<br />
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Wearing stylish hats on Sunday were birthday girl Robin Arnst (centre), party<br />
venue host Ruth Hall (left) and Denise Hydes.<br />
designs, including Mrs Arnst’s own<br />
hat thatwas designedbyfriend and<br />
local florist Denise Hydes.<br />
Mrs Arnst was joined at the party by<br />
family, fellow artists, friends and<br />
fellow aquaciseclass members.<br />
‘‘I thoughtthe hat idea would bring<br />
everyoneto thesamelevel and add<br />
somecolour andstyle to my birthday<br />
what appeared to be costsaving<br />
reasons.<br />
‘‘It is probably to savemoney to<br />
fund other government expenditures<br />
however it mayend up being amore<br />
costly exercise as it mayforcemore<br />
peopleinto residentialcare to get the<br />
help theyneed.’’<br />
She said people should ask for a<br />
reassessment if they stillneeded<br />
help. ‘‘Assessmentsreally need to be<br />
done in person.Unfortunately many<br />
elderly are quite stoical,totheirown<br />
detriment,whenanswering phone<br />
calls fromastranger about their<br />
capabilities.’’<br />
Age ConcernMid Canterbury<br />
presidentJan McClelland saidthe<br />
group had heard fromat least adozen<br />
elderly people who had losttheir<br />
home help andwere anguished by it.<br />
Theorganisation, which advocates<br />
forthe elderly, had written tothe<br />
hospital and askedifthe criteria for<br />
home help hadchanged. Theyare<br />
awaiting an answer.<br />
Mrs McClelland said reducinghome<br />
Dining tables<br />
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OFF<br />
party,’’ shesaid.<br />
MrsArnst has paintedand taught<br />
artinastudio above the former post<br />
office buildingon East Streetfor a<br />
number of years.<br />
She has shared thespacewith<br />
fellow artists Margaret Digby and<br />
Alison Ramsay, butwill shortly<br />
relocate to her home.<br />
help during thelockdown wastobe<br />
expected, but thoseelderly people<br />
would not havebeen expecting a<br />
phone callfollowup thatled to the<br />
service beingcut altogether.<br />
She saidtheyshould havebeen<br />
assessed in theirhomes, to get a<br />
better indication of how they had<br />
beencoping. ‘‘I just don’t think you<br />
can evaluate by just afew questions<br />
overthe phone.’’<br />
Someofthose wholost homehelp<br />
had beenreceivingitfor 15 years.<br />
‘‘Youcan’t tellmethatall of asudden<br />
they have turned acorner and are<br />
managing.’’<br />
Mrs McClelland saidmany would<br />
not haveknown thequestionswere<br />
aimed at reviewingtheir home help<br />
service. ‘‘Iftheyhad been warned<br />
that the servicewas going to be<br />
reviewed,theymay well havehad a<br />
support person with them.’’<br />
Homehelp for even60minutesa<br />
week gave an older person<br />
independence. ‘‘This group ofpeople<br />
have to be treated carefully.’’<br />
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