LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 20-787 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland CONTENTS Coppelman, Peter, directing attorney for the California Rural Legal Assist- ance, office of the National Senior Citizens Law Center... Peet, Rev. Edward, director, Glide Memorial Church Senior Center; presi- dent, California Legislative Council for Older Americans; member, San Francisco Commission On Aging_ Krumpotic, Florence, executive director, Homemaker Service of Santa Guilford, Eleanor, executive director, Catholic Committee for the Aging-- Curry, Francis J., M.D., director of public health, San Francisco, Calif__ Thomas, Elean, supervising director, Senior Citizens Activities, San Fran- Thomas, Elean, supervising director, Senior Citizens Activities, San Fran- cisco Recreation and Park Department__. Sasuly, Richard, health consultant and executive director, California Com- Yuen, Sam, director, Self-Help for the Elderly, San Francisco, Calif____ Ansak, Marie-Louise, project director, On Lok Senior Health Services, McClendon, Edward L., regional administrator, Mental Health Services for Tulare and King Counties, accompanied by Sue Schock, corporate Hall, Hadley D., executive director, San Francisco Home Health Services, McKay, Jack B., director of services to seniors, San Francisco Council of Walsh, Jack, chairman, San Diego County Board of Supervisors.. Kaplan, Oscar, Ph. D., professor of psychology, California State University Lennard, Agatha, director of social services, Security Realty Corp----. Bright, Barbara, executive director, Senior Adult Services, San Diego, 155 Estrada, Maria, director, Department of Aging, Catholic Community Serv- Watson, Kathleen, executive director, Adult Protective Services__ Hollins, Mary M., project director, Senior Citizens Action Economic Oppor- Moses, Dorothy, R. N., professor of psychiatric and geriatric nursing, De- Queen, Dr. Stuart, acting director, Council of Senior Advocates_. Page 162 170 171 174 176 180 186 188 191 193 197 198 198 Ito, Robert, Union of Pan Asian Communities of San Diego__ STATEMENTS Ansak, Marie-Louise, project director, On Lok Senior Health Services, 48 Balista, Pep, executive director, Council of Filipino Organizations___ 186 149 Castro, Iris, chairman, Advisory Committee, Senior Adult Services, San 153 Choy, Lambert L., M.S.W., director of social services, Donaldina Cameron Coppelman, Peter, directing attorney for the California Rural Legal Assist- Estrada, Maria, director, Department of Aging, Catholic Community 162 Foster, Josephine, Advisory Committee, Senior Adult Services, San Diego, 153 Guilford, Eleanor, executive director, Catholic Committee for the Aging--- Prepared statement_ Herrmann, Evelyn, chief of senior citizens affairs, San Diego, Calif.. Hollins, Mary M., project director, Senior Citizens Action, Economic Opportunity Commission____ 176 Ito, Robert, Union of Pan Asian Communities of San Diego_ Kaplan, Oscar, professor of psychology, California State University at San Prepared statement.. Krumpotic, Florence, executive director, Homemaker Service of Santa Prepared statement_ Lazenby, Rev. Herbert, D. D., Director of Episcopal Services___. 193 Lee, Russel V., Sn., M.D., consultant, Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Palo Alto, Prepared statement___ Lennard, Agatha, director of social services, Security Realty Corp--- 146 155 143 146 14 17 38 43 Prepared statement_ McKay, Jack B., director of services to seniors, San Francisco Council of Moses, Dorothy, R.N., professor of psychiatric and geriatric nursing, California State University at San Diego- Mulcahy, Leo, Sr., chairman, San Diego County Legislative Council for Peet, Rev. Edward, director, Glide Memorial Church Senior Center; presi- dent, California Legislative Council for Older Americans; member, San Francisco Commission On Aging_-. Queen, Dr. Stuart, acting director, Council of Senior Advocates. Page 188 191 197 Sasuly, Richard, health consultant and executive director, California Com- 32 36 Singer, Maurice, para legal volunteer, Senior Center of San Diego____ 171 174 Watson, Kathleen, executive director, Adult Protective Services___ Yuen, Sam, director, Self-Help for the Elderly, San Francisco, Calif__ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Agencies giving in-home services existing in San Diego-Addendum__ Council of Senior Advocates, brief summary of---- 192 "Mental Health Care of the Aged," position paper adopted by the 183 1971 White House Conference on Aging, President's closing remarks_- Nursing home residents median age and use of physicians' assistants__ On Lok Senior Health Services, San Francisco, Calif_---- Union of Pan Asian Communities of San Diego Counties, Preamble Articles, publications, et cetera : APPENDIX "A Hiding Place to Die," by Elizabeth Markson_ "Cost Effectiveness-What Does It Mean to a Home Health Agency," "Home Health Professionals Should Design Their Services,' by Hadley Dale Hall, executive director, San Francisco Home Health "Steps to Bill and Receive Payment for Services Under the Medi-Cal "The Ideal Fiscal Intermediary or A Wish Fulfilled," by Hadley Dale Seligman, Joseph L., Jr., Esq., Washington, D.C., from Hadley D. 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