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_1 _ . _ L n ie nereenconsrems peaas in ie mm sw nesen SS ulbds Oubithias D. son inss 80006 00| THE LONDON FREE PRESS, Wednesday, June 19, 1985 McHal ior citizens need to feel useful m s mnmenin ind e ced e Nesmm ce i on cren ce iermniln rnamen eoemein n renniontionce whe a a J ‘them to stay in their own homes and a~ “ By Kathryn Hazel & / C a n do a nyt h I n g e Vely t h I ng society that respects them are all essential. of The Free Press f 5 ‘"You will spend ats Leasltdoxzfi-third ot‘yokl)xr | 8 ; J life in retirement. Shou ose years be | rances McHale, chairman of the Provinâ€" C f t /d Aas . 3 x0 ci.fl Advisory Council on Aging, knows first WOI 7 ;en S On e r e n Ce O ?Sgn:sy&isl?Ltli:esgg?i%n?;dutief-lgc'ogfi?zte tthhx: | h]adnéi lt,he frustrations and challenges of the y faiue of old berple." § ‘ eldérly. al4 f $4 j hat provides a j | 4 s 0 senior citizens â€" all Meals on Wheels (a service th She told the delegates to become involved _ re};illghrrfb)éiirsthigopzslli’lr?stgiciing Sptl’:glégsssgi‘ laexgiercgglc‘iuoc?;a{\:grsksgl?(?i)? nutritious meals to elderly shutâ€"ins) are de* py gorying on nursing home boards, auxilâ€" | ‘ learning how to speak again and the anger _ "The last five years have been the most livered by seniors. f iaries and residents cow.fn.mls, encouraging . she felt when she couldn‘t open a pill bottle. exciting and challenging I â€"have ever had. By the year 2000, McHale said, one in five senior citizen representation on consumer She ended up smashing it with a hammer. The greatest need for seniors is to feel Canadians will be 65 or older. With those advisory boards and, in general, making | But those days are over. "I can do anyâ€" useful, that they have something to contribâ€" kinds of numbers, the elderly will have a them feel wanted. | thing and everything," she told delegates ute to society, McHale told the 35 women at {; gnificant influence ‘on society. j "Seniors want someone to care about and _ attending the 10th national convention of a workshop on the quality of life for seniors. (f (e] idl needs be inetâ€" someone to love them; someone to do things | e aesiooh o fuesiag . 0 0 0"T" “Uselestsr]less li's Pieemas scoinse oi 91d tolérfsig}g ?&agzsli%rosfrzfigli? lives, she said. for and someone to have things done for | j ay. ,__ age, not loneliness." £ § i f is whe i | dafi.lsnhcle‘a?(;l g??hg rz;dTvlilsi)sr(; gouncil, she crissâ€" gAnd seniors do contribute, she said. Fiftyâ€" â€" Public transportation ttlllatf is c:;‘(é?,? ?:)10:11?2 }-2532,%130?51»}”;;53 ?Q‘tgaéfiengémggs tgol&%lf crosses the country speaking to seniors‘ eight per cent of hospital volunteers in Caâ€" and convenient enougrt orrvices to allow thing to look forward to." groups, attends conferences, edits a newsâ€" nada are senior citizens and 63 per cent of decent pensions, support se > C ; | e 00 Women are going to have to work hard if the w . c c c c s es newly acclaimed equality clause in the Charter l e e of Rights is to work for them, a Toronto lawyer M _ weme C aee o2 told delegates to the 10th national convention of oi css “ the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Canada in »gfi# ' London on Tuesday. _ â€"© â€" Cl se o i |___ Speaking at a workshop on the charter and | K y en 10 . how it affects women, Beth Atcheson, a member 1 . o of the Women‘s Law Association of Ontario, said 5?"}‘ t o Canada‘s new constitution, of which the charter _ | 8e e 0 2 2s It applies to the relationship between governâ€" . â€"â€" 2o ,@? $ ment and citizen, including the administration of _ es municipalities, police, hospitals andâ€" school 2o m ts . c . «boards, she said. It‘s up to the courts to decide | hi e e > how the equality clause will be interpreted, so s i n : women‘tshgr(;ups have to put forward good cases _ Aim: * . ... GH to fest the Taw. FRANCES McHALE | "Courts use precedent, so it‘s important to efâ€" â€" â€" â€" overcame stroke ) fect those precedents because they govern all the 3. . of!.. thad F cases in the future. The charter is there but it‘s â€" going to take all ‘of us working hard to make it work for us." Organizations such as the Women‘s Legal Eduâ€" cation and Action Fund Inc. have seven or eight | cases before the courts just for that purpose, Atcheson said. | Affirmative action plans are another way to | | enable women to overcome the historical effects . of sexual discrimination, she said, adding affirâ€" | mative action has worked well for other groups | in Canada. She gave the federal government‘s â€" policy of promoting bilingualism in the civil serâ€" _ vice and the special benefits extended to veterâ€" ’ ans after the Second World War as two examples. Women have suffered discrimination because the work they do is consistently underâ€"valued, f r she said. With more women in positions of influâ€" ence, this will change, but it will take time â€" a \ . long time. f | A recent report she read stated that "at the current rate the Ontarto government (is) moving women up through the â€"ranks, it will take 93 ye-al"s.” Atcheson‘s workshop was one of 14 held at the «convention on the University of Western Ontario campus Tuesday afternoon, covering topics as. diverse as water quality, child abuse, family vioâ€" _ lence, health education, teghnological cfiange. and pornography. 4 $ Today, the 1200 delegates will be going on a bus tour. The convention ends Thursday night.