THE CHATHAM VOICE
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
PAGE 17
Business
Uber will pass on C-K
By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
According to the man who worked to bring Uber to Chatham-Kent, the company has now said it has little interest in bringing its peer-topeer ridesharing concept to the municipality. This after Chatham-Kent council recently voted to repeal the municipality’s Taxi Bylaw and implement a Ve-
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hicle-For-Hire Bylaw. Florin Marksteiner, the local champion for Uber, said the firm will not come to C-K, despite the changes. He believes the regulations council put in place essentially pushed Uber away, as well as finances. “It looks like this is a decision based on economics,” he said. “Until now, Chatham-Kent was under Windsor. It was functional and it
was working. But people got fined for driving for Uber in Chatham-Kent, so there was little interest in driving here.” Marksteiner hopes either Uber reconsiders, or another ride-sharing company opts in, such as Lyft. “I don’t care who is coming. It doesn’t matter the name of the company. It’s the service. It was for the people of Chatham-Kent. It was for 100,000
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Uber has opted to not come to Chatham-Kent.
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Each resident will be assessed for one of the “4 Ps” – Pain, Positioning, Personal needs, and Potty. Pain can cause a resident to shift locations, and could lead to a fall. If regularly accessed items are just out of reach, a resident might just try to lean further to grab the item, and that too could cause a tumble. Ditto for attending to personal needs or using the washroom – “potty.” Francis said staff are already seeing positive results from the changes that have been implemented. Keeping an eye on the “4 Ps” should help with other guidelines, Francis added. For example, regular trips to the washroom could help reduce pressure wounds – bedsores. “Pressure wounds are often caused by moisture. If everything is clean and dry, we can reduce wounds that way,” she said. “We do this as a team – even our housekeeping and dietary staff round. This aims to reduce and manage pain, pressure injuries, and falls. Results have been positive so far.” According to the RNAO, the BPSO program is “a dynamic partnership that focuses on making a positive impact on patient care though evidence-based practice. The BPSO initiative has been a great success. It provides support to organizations that have formally agreed to implement and evaluate multiple RNAO best practice guidelines over a three-year period.” First launched in 2003, the BPSO initiative is an offshoot of the RNAO’s Nursing Best Practice Guideline program which began in November 1999 and has since spread across Canada and to countries around the world. Francis said Meadow Park’s reasoning for taking part is quite simple. “Our goal – to enhance the quality of life for our residents to the best of our ability,” she said.
people,” he said. Marksteiner believes there is a way to get Uber to reconsider, and suggests people download the app and “start pounding on it looking for rides in Chatham-Kent. I don’t know if the people of C-K want to work together or not, but I would love to show them (Uber) we have people looking for rides right now. Let’s do this. We need to show them there is demand.”
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