{"id":700,"date":"2014-09-17T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/17\/public-unaware-of-services-available-to\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:55","slug":"public-unaware-of-services-available-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/09\/17\/public-unaware-of-services-available-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Public unaware of services available to the incapacitated"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Proportionately fewer members of Laval\u2019s English-speaking community benefit from the services of the Quebec public curator, according to figures provided to The Suburban.<\/i> <\/p>\n

Public curator Normand Jutras visited Laval last week to meet some of the 1,499 people here whose interests his department looks out for. <\/p>\n

According to figures provide by his office, only 51 of those Laval residents are English-speakers. <\/p>\n

Nine Laval residents (2.5%) are directly under the department\u2019s oversight and it supervises another 44 (9.1%) who are under private care. <\/p>\n

Jutras\u2019 spokeswoman Aline Charest emphasized that these figures might under-represent her department\u2019s service to the English community, though, because they only reflect the number of people with whom it corresponds in English. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk about how the population is aging, but we\u2019re already there,\u201d Jutras observed. \u201cBy 2031, a quarter of Quebecers will be over 65.\u201d <\/p>\n

The 2011 census showed Laval\u2019s English community is aging even more rapidly. Compounding the problem, Laval seniors whose children have fled to Ontario or elsewhere to find work don\u2019t have the same family support network as their French counterparts. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe take care of people who are unable to do so for themselves, their belongings or both,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe protect them, look out for their best interest and stand up for their rights.\u201d <\/p>\n

If you think that most of Jutras\u2019 clientele are mostly Alzheimers victims you\u2019re wrong. Only 17 per cent of those whom he helps in Laval suffer from degernative illnesses. Most of his charges are surprisingly young. <\/p>\n

\u201cNearly half (43%) are intellectually handicapped,\u201d he recounted, \u201cfollowed by those who suffer mental illness (29%). \u201c <\/p>\n

A significant minority (9%) are head-trauma victims who can no longer take care of themselves, following an accident. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur clientele increases by 2.2 per cent each year,\u201d Jutras said, \u201cbut our budget was capped in 2011. So far, we\u2019ve succeeded in keeping our head above water. But I just met Family Minister Francine Charbonneau to discuss the future of this program.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIf the public curator\u2019s budget hasn\u2019t budged, it\u2019s because we have to be careful about how we manage public finances,\u201d Charbonneau\u2019s spokeswoman Lindsay Jacques told The Suburban.<\/i> <\/p>\n

Jacques suggested that there is room to cut without reducing services. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe public curator budget went from $34 million in 2005 to $42 million for 2014-2015,\u201d Jacques noted, and its staff increased from 200 employees in 1997 to more than 600.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jutras concluded by urging Laval residents to sign a mandate specifying what they want done if they become incapacitiated, including who should take care of them and their belongings. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always better if we know what your wishes are,\u201d he said. \u201c36% of adult Quebecers already have signed a mandate. It\u2019s easy. You don\u2019t have to visit a notary. There are forms that you can use on our web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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