SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dial-A-Dietitian RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: University of Saskatchewan; interned at VGH; born in Wellesley; graduated from VGH in 1939; worked at the YWCA for two years; house mother and dietician; joined RCAF and was in it for 25 years as a dietician for tri-services as wing commander; quit or retired and came to Vancouver and worked at Department of National Health and Welfare counseling native Indians in nutrition; started this in January 1972; this was done under LIP grant; description of planning the project and setting up the publicity; early in the project, they were very swamped, what the goals were of this project; June 1972, they were operational; funding discussed; LIP grant fan from January 1972 to December 1973; donations given and a provincial government grant; one full time person on staff; Miss Campbell worked three days a week and two other dieticians worked one each in their office; diets; nutrition and food additives etc.; what their library contains; increase in work; received 11,395 calls to date; breakdown of types of calls; used a recorder phone after funding ran out in December 1973; donations lasted until December 1974 when city hall provided them with an office, phone and salary for three months; government will provide funds for a year; usefulness of this service; people's interest; state of nutrition in Vancouver; list of objectives now; covers BC Telephone non-long distance area; would like a toll free line for the province.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Co-ordinator of Health Care Services, Vancouver Resources Board RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Background; brief career as a dietitian here and in UK; involvement in dental care; came to Vancouver and became a nutritionist with Catholic Child Care; last year, 1975, became the head of dietetics in the Vancouver Resources Board. Health care as it was before integration last year; decentralisation (see Foulkes Report) responsible for reorganisation of social services; mandate of Resources Board; 14 local offices and 5 special offices; Mincome delivered at Dunsmuir Street office; advent of resources boards, and their disbandment; definition of health care according to resource boards, defined by programs: old people's care and children. Staff of specialists in psychiatry department, to help children; work closely with all community resources; public health nurses' duties. Adult; care resource homes: Taylor Manor and Kinna Mair. Nutritionists help recipients and community groups to budget food and balance with goodness; also help baby home. Children in care of the Resources Board present with a variety of health problems. One medical clinic under Resources Board; one full-time physician and a part-time pediatrician. Dental health arranged. Post-partum group handles new mothers with problems; program for counseling these women. Types of problems handled. Men's group started. Child abuse dealt with. TRACK 2: Other programs of Resources board: nutrition program for healthy babies; drug and alcohol abuse an ongoing problem. Taylor Manor, for adults with mental and physical problems who are not able to function in the community, and are not expected to get into the community; 894 new contacts in 1974 under the psychiatric counseling. Taylor Manor has 58 beds and a waiting list; government pays for all. Per diem rate for five levels of care, set by government. Relations with other community health services. More involvement with Attorney-General's Department hoped for. Future of Resources Board.

CALL NUMBER: T2364:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The dietetics profession and Vancouver General Hospital (tape 1) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Some information about life in Alberta; a description of home economics course and emphasis till graduation in 1938; in 1938, she attended the dietetic internship program at the Royal Jubilee; describes the course and graduation at the outbreak of the Second World War. Mrs. Willick returned to Alberta and worked for the Grey Nuns in Regina, and then at Brandon General Hospital. As a nutritionist for the federal department of health, she worked for a few years with industries; she describes the work, surveys, aims, rationing, and some results of the work. In 1945, she became the first dietitian for the RCMP. She tells of her experiences in budgeting, shortages, and the involvement in spy incidents and feeding extra forces. TRACK 2: Concludes the stories of the spy problem. She worked with the Regina RCMP for a year; an account of the fun, blizzards and problems there. In 1948, she returned to the Royal Jubilee as assistant in charge of the cafeteria; describes staff, responsibilities; effect of hospital insurance; the peculiarities of the Victoria menus; changes in equipment; finances and meal choices. In 1957, she joined VGH as dietetic supervisor. A brief description of the location of the kitchen; staff and changes; an account of the development the VGH dietetic department, beginning in 1911, and the appointment of the first dietitian, Miss Kinney, in 1914; the location of the department; dining room service; medical supervisor; equipment and service changes.

CALL NUMBER: T2364:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The dietetics profession and Vancouver General Hospital (tape 2) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Some problems with cooks and butchers are discussed; in 1926, Ethel Pipes was the dietitian; Mrs. Willick discusses the internship program and how it developed; in 1948, Paula Reber was in charge, and the planning for the Centennial Pavilion was completed; an account of the development of the dietitian profession with the CDA in 1935, and its role and the growth and changes in the BCDA; a description of the department in 1957; responsibilities; the move into the Centennial Pavilion; equipment problems; the centralized and decentralized food service, and conveyor belt problems; a description of food preparation; move to greater use of prepared foods (such as vegetables and meat), and the pros and cons of relying on prepared foods. TRACK 2: Factors and considerations in buying, mechanization trends, food budget, strikes and food contracts at VGH; the response of the department to popular trends; ethnic eating habits; the effect of medical plans and menu choices; other dietetic services provided; trends in the dietetic profession; specialization; administrative practices; changes in hospitals; the pros and cons of relaxed regulation. In 1971, an administrative change occurred with the arrival of the catering firm; the opinions of the dietitian concerning this development, and the return of control after four years.