Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 43, 15 April 1942 — Rehabilitation Home Proves Its Worth To Island [ARTICLE]

Rehabilitation Home Proves Its Worth To Island

. lt The resuits of conducting a rehabilitation home and shop in Hilo for the ex-patient3 of Puumaile Home have been encouraging and U ia hoped that the pxoJect wIU eonUaue to receive the whole he«xted cupport ot the comunity, especially of tliose official and aonofficial agencies interested is the controi of tuberculosis, Certainly m these times when it has wars &nd in countries enga£ed in war prior to our participation that the incidence of tuberculosia increases, the indications are for more rigid control, for more active work." Thi» was included in the report j «£ the rehabilitat>on home andj work ahop for the fiscal year ending Pebruary 28, 1942, whieh is [the firat report of the South Hilo >DistriGt Rehabilitation Conunittee i«imse the project was establlshed [tn November. 1940 at the request of Puumaiie Home. The South Hito committee of the Tuberculosis Society of Hawaii waa responaible for the appropriation whieh started this project. The home is located «n Mohouii St., opposite Kapiolani school. , Booa To E*-Patient« "The project has been a boon to e*-patients. They are no k>nger afraid that on discharglng they will have to depend entir«lyon the

charitab!eness of their relatives, on Oie relief agencies, or worse, on their own hands at a time when they are nelther ment&l3y nor phyStOftUy adjusted to an unsheltered ltffe. It has improved the ouUook of the p«tient whīle he ls stin hospttalised. Th6se &re & few of the| obviouß aeeompliahmenla of this j pro}ect'\ the report stated. !

| Tl»e project seea to It that close medical supervision and follow-up ] are glven «scharted patienta, and ] that occupations are providedphysleal conffltaori and whieh aim-1 ultaneouBly ensure at lea»t partial! «eonomle lndependenee. ! i,Thc taom« accommodates a maxi- ] ;m\im of six persons. The men īiv-i ing in the home do their owni housekeeping except for cookīng., It is mandatorv that they rest two or three hours in the afternooii dailv. The operat>ng expenses ar e 'prorated among the members. ' ! In the basement of the heme is 'the shop wīiie'h accommodates ]maxlmum o'f 18 persons. Tiie su-' ! pcrvis:ion of the shop is in Uie' |hands of the occuf>itional thv.rapi-' 'departmeiit of Puuniaile Hom e. •The shop operates from S to ll;So! for five to six davs & woek. tThe chief pn>iect of th<> shop U !date has been lauhala weaving !since it requires a minimum of ]phj*slcal effort and Jields a svias.i!mum rcturn In doīlars eei;Ls. 'Sincr its establishment in FebrvAry 1941. he shop has servea 37 *ex-patients wlio W sp e n •man-months in earoin£ $5,9:>6.50 or an of $29.TS per m&a s pcr monlh. 1 Approciation is to thc jHilo Eleetrie Ltght C0... E, H. |«a, Puumaile Home, voeaiional re?habilitation seni.ee and the m e n;- ; bers of the South Hilo eo:r.r.uttee }of the Tuberculosis Societj- oi H&f wmli for this pr,;\vt jvas;|bte.