! OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1978 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2850 PURPOSES AND RELATED BILLS NEW ORLEANS, LA.—DECEMBER 16, 1977 BLUE SPRINGS, M0.—MARCH 29, 1978 Printed for the use of the Committee on Human Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1979 31-813 0 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island S. I. HAYAKAWA, California STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staf Director MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri, Chairman S. I. HAYAKAWA, California MARCIA MCCORD, Professional Staf Member NEW OREANS, LA. Johnston, Hon. Bennett J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana--- McKenzie, Ralph, director, Louisiana State Agency on Aging, accompanied by Janet Slaybaugh, assistant director--- Boggs, Hon. Lindy (Mrs. Hale), a Representative in Congress from the Landrieu, Hon. Moon, mayor of New Orleans. Morial, Ernest (Dutch), mayor-elect of New Orleans. McGovern, Mr., a resident of New Orleans, La---- Crawford, Mr., a resident of New Orleans, La-- Taylor, Mr., a resident of New Orleans, La-- George, Mr., a resident of New Orleans, La--- Gates, George, director, New Orleans Council on Aging- Rayborn, Ms., a resident of New Orleans, La. Bowen, W. B., a resident of New Orleans, La.. Rooney. William E., president, Area Agency on Aging, accompanied by Mrs. Fontaine Fulgem, associate director_ Taylor, Mr., Mr. Crawford, Ms. Capers, Ms. Pillaut, Ms. Dennery, Ms. Wil- liamson, Ms. Chapoit, and Mr. Deist, a panel of participants at the Sacred Heart Nutrition Center, New Orleans--- Cooper, Albert, member, Advisory Council of the Area Agency on Aging--- Cruikshank, Nelson H., Chairman, Federal Council on Aging, accompanied by Dr. Alan Sheppard, Deputy Assistant, Federal Council on Aging; and Robert M. Foster, staff, Federal Council on Aging- Binstock, Robert D., Ph. D., visiting professor of health services, Harvard University School of Public Health, and professor of law and politics, Domenici, Hon., Pete V., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.--- Reilly, Donald F., Deputy Commissioner on Aging, accompanied by Steve Dietz, Westat Study; Raymond M. Steinberg, Steinberg Study; and How- ard White, chief of evaluation, Department of Health, Education, and Ahrens, Robert J., director, Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens and Handi- capped, Chicago, and president, the Urban Elderly Coalition -- 386 416 Page 420 445 198 Henry, Dr. Aaron E., chairman, the National Caucus on the Black Aged, Inc., accompanied by Dolores Davis, executive director, National Center on Black Aged.. Dealaman, Doris, chosen freeholder, Somerset County, N.J., and member of the board of directors of the National Association of Counties, accom panied by James G. Koppel, legislative representative of NACO.Effman, George, chairman, National Indian Council on the Aging, Inc., ac companied by Larry Curley, staff, National Indian Council on the Aging; and Penny Eastman, law firm of Winston and Strand.. Lacayo, Carmela G., national executive director, Associacion Nacional Pro Personas Mayores, accompanied by Jack Christy, general counsel.. Bloedow, Gerald A., president, National Association of State Units on Aging, accompanied by Daniel A. Quirk, executive director ; Lou Glasse, director, New York State Office on Aging; and Leon Harper, president, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, accompanied by Ray Mastalish, executive director, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and Chris Harshbarger, executive director, AAA, Waterloo, Iowa, a panel-- 642 680 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1978 WASHINGTON, D.C. Directors ington, D.C. ; and Natalie D. Ruff, project director, Morris County De- 772 773 797 806 827 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1978 849 WASHINGTON, D.C. Training, U.S. Department of Labor.---- by Donald Davis, director of Title IX program for National Council on Aging 839 zens 899 936 963 Martin, John B., legislative consultant to the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons; accom panied by Peter Hughes, legislative counsel.-- Program for Senior Citizens, St. Louis, Mo.--- 787 1017 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1978 1051 1055 1062 BLUE SPRINGS, MO. Mo.; Bina Davis, Bethany, Mo.; and J. P. Garrett, Richmond, Mo., a panel of senior citizens... Bacon, Jean, executive director, Council on Aging, MARC (Mid-American Regional Commission on Aging) ; Rick Westphal, executive director, District III, West Central Area on Aging; Susanne Walden, nutrition project director, Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging; Cathy Grosbeck, nutritionist, Title VII program, MARC; and Maria Boudreaux, regis tered dietitian, a panel Raske, Cecilia, National Steering Committee, Gray Panthers.. 1073 1086 Page 1091 Cary, Dr. Lee J., director, Center for Aging Studies, University of Missouri, Columbus gional director ; Dorothy Kennedy, program operations officer; and Mar- Development Corp., accompanied by Helen Kling, staff_ 1094 1100 1103 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1978 1110 WASHINGTON, D.C. Reilly, Deputy Commissioner on Aging--- tion and American Association of Retired Persons. Citizens, accompanied by Lewis H. Ravin, project director, Title IX 1131 1135 1139 1152 MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1978 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Faulkner, Dr. Audrey, director, Institute of Gerontology, Rutgers University 1407 Sheehan, Patricia, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, accompanied by Jim Pennestri, State director, division of aging- 1412 Hamilton, Tom, director, Middlesex County Division on Aging; Peter Shields, director, Union County Area Agency on Aging; and Robert Callaban, director, Sussex County Division on Aging, a panel.- 1421 Gardner, Lorraine, project director, City of Paterson ; Mary Johnson, proj ect director, Jersey City; and Harry B. Zane, project director, Ocean County Nutrition Project for the Elderly, a panel of representatives from the New Jersey title VII program--- 1429 Johnson, Rev. Jack, pastor, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church 1436 Costantin, Aldo, chairman, New Jersey Joint State Legislative Committee of the AARP-NRTA: and Harold Parsekian, retired senior volunteer representative and advisory council and board of trustees, Volunteer Bureau of Bergen County, a panel.. 1440 Williams, Bessie Walker, executive director, Ven Vechten Community Or ganization at Otto Kretchmer Homes for the Elderly, Newark, N.J-- 1444 Hodes, Philip J., representing Community Information and Referral Service Senior Fitness, Inc., Newark, N.J-- 1447 Ringel, Lillian, Task Force on Aging, New Jersey Chapter of Social 1447 Edelson, Edith, legal assistant, Middlesex County Legal Services, representing New Jersey Senior Citizens Organization, and Concerned Committee for Institutionalized Elderly. 1448 Baker, Robert 8., Metuchen, N.J.- 1451 STATEMENTS Advocate Council on Aging of Western Region of United Way, Jack Gould, representing the, prepared statement 1197 Ahrens, Robert J., director, Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens and Handicapped, Chicago, and president, the Urban Elderly Coalition 386 Prepared statement 398 American Association of Homes for the Aging, David C. Crowley, executive vice president, prepared statement. 1371 Anderson, John W., chairperson, National Association of Title VII Project 772 Prepared statement. 788 Workers Directors |