We’re holding a yard sale to benefit the
Delaware AIDS Walk in Sussex County. All the money that is raised will be
used for services here in Sussex County.
The yard sale is Saturday, June 9 (rain or shine) from 8 a.m. to noon,
at 20198 Doddtown Road, Harbeson.
From Rehoboth. Take Route 1 North to Rt 9 go west to the light at Rt 5
take a left go 7/10 mile, on right is Doddtown Road (Road 293) then 1/2
mile on right.
If anyone has any items they would like to donate please contact Sharyn
Warwick at 228-6483, I will gladly pick them up. We could use books,
household items, plants you name it.
Thanks for your support.
Sharyn Warwick
The Rehoboth Beach Public Library would like to thank the CAMP Rehoboth
volunteers who generously donated their time and energy to help with a
record-breaking book sale on Saturday, May 19.
We also would like to give special thanks to The Coffee Mill for
supplying the fuel for the workers.
Marge LaFond
Rehoboth Beach Public Library
In 1994 I had a close friend who was dying of AIDS in a Delaware
hospital. I was his medical power-of-attorney and had him admitted to the
hospital in those days before HIV therapies improved. My friend was
estranged from his family, some of whom actually thought AIDS was divine
punishment for being gay.
That difficult situation was made worse when the charge nurse refused
me access to my friend’s chart, thus hampering my ability to make
informed medical decisions. A sympathetic doctor’s order the next day
allowed me chart access and the nurse apologized. It might otherwise have
required court intervention.
I personally also know of at least 12 Delaware patients whose living
wills were ignored. Of them two were actually "coded" and
attached to a ventilator.
Delaware House Bill 167 would require hospitals and nursing homes to
honor medical powers-of-attorney, advanced directives and related
documents. It would also allow an adult patient to name an individual as
his requested visitor. This would allow same-gender partners, for example,
to visit in situations like ICU’s where "family only" rules
now bar them.
House Bill 167 is not only reasonable, it is humane and affirms the
patient’s right to make his own health-care decisions.
Douglas Marshall-Steele
E-mail editor@camprehoboth.com,
or mail to 37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth, DE 19971. Letters may be edited
for length and clarity.
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