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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Oct 1971, p. 5

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by Peggy Pawelko To look at it, you wouldn‘t know Sunset Home, 38 Hil}â€" crest Rd., in Bridgeport is a nursing home for the aged. It looks like any other The women, who occupy the bottom floor of Mrs. Zielinski‘s home, live in an apartment â€" type setting, They share a living room, dining room and bathroom, but have a choice of a privâ€" ate or semiâ€"private room, or a room for three. In keeping with her conâ€" cept, Mrs. Zielinski caters to the individual tastes of the One woman likes to go out so Mrs. Zielinski takes her shopping, another is interâ€" ested in piano music and another â€" sometimes gets help with her sewing. Mrs. Zielinski said the women have been together for a year and think of themâ€" selves as a family. The loss of one of their members recâ€" ently, upset them greatly. One woman, who used to be a piano teacher, likes to watch and help the childâ€" ren with their music, anâ€" other gets willing help with letter writing from one of the girl‘s. Watching teleâ€" vision with the women, or reading them stories are also common evening pasâ€" times for the children. Mrs. Zielinski‘s children, ranging from age four to 14, help to encourage the famâ€" ily atmosphere prevalent in the home. bicycle in the driveway. Even after you enter the house, and have been inside it for a while, you can‘t tell. That‘s because Mrs. Evelyn Zielinskin who set up the home a year ago, is striving to do away with the standard nursing home conâ€" for the six women she cares or. This, she claims, is swering a basic need for e elderlyâ€"they don‘t want to live with relatives, but they don‘t want to go to a large nursing home. They still want to be treated like individuals. Although, the women live downstairs, and Mrs. Zielâ€" inski‘s family occupies the upper floor, there are no physical barriers. The women, who range in age from 76 to 90, have beâ€" come great friends of the neighbours. 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