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Huge opportunity to deliver mother-tongue services locally<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\nBy Lisa Baum<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTraditionally speaking, we have a tendency to go across the bridge into Montreal to get social services in English,\u201d lamented Luigi Morabito, \u201cbut it\u2019s a shame, when there are [such] great services in Laval.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morabito has been networking for years on behalf of the Youth and Parents AGAPE Association a charity that began looking out for the needs of Laval\u2019s non-francophones in 1976. Since 2011, he has championed better access to those same services in Laval by joining forces with other organizations throughout Quebec.<\/p>\n

On behalf of AGAPE, he organized a series of community round-table discussions that let the various organizations share their experience and find common ground on which to collaborate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first forums helped to identify what individuals needed and establish what the priorities were,\u201d Morabito told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview. \u201cWe looked at everything from health care to access to social services.\u201d<\/p>\n

The forums culminated with the publication of a community portrait, earlier this year.<\/p>\n

What they uncovered was a wellspring of failure to provide sufficient services in English in Laval.<\/p>\n

So many people now travel to Montreal to get health and social services in English that local authorities in Laval have inadvertently concluded that there is little or no demand for English service here.<\/p>\n

That might be why there are only 3.9 English-speaking health care professionals per 1,000 Laval residents, according to 2011 figures\u2014compared with more than double that number\u2014nearly nine per 1,000, in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s do something about it<\/b><\/p>\n

The last Laval round-table meeting wrapped up in September 2012 and now, as Morabito puts it, \u201cthe homework is done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The community portrait that it revealed portrays systemic communication barriers that can \u201creduce recourse to preventative services, increase consultation time, including the number of tests, and also lead to possible diagnostic and treatment errors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study showed that the most egregious injustices are borne by Laval\u2019s most vulnerable residents: One of the first abilities English-speaking dementia victims often lose is the ability to express themselves in French, for example\u2014even if they once could speak French fluently.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the deliberations revealed that Laval\u2019s English-speaking special-needs youth are particularly at-risk. The report pointed out that this group has to deal with learning another language, even though learning difficulties are what they\u2019re struggling with. Besides increasing the youngsters\u2019 vulnerability, it can unnecessarily delay their development and socialization, the report declared.<\/p>\n

Armed with their findings, the next step will be to bring the message to Laval and provincial health care authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese working groups will now be able to move forward productively to implement recommendations for improvements,\u201d Morabito concluded, \u201cso we can increase service to the English-speaking community.\u201d<\/p>\n

More round-table meetings are planned during the next six months.<\/p><\/div>\n

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