SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii

Part 3. Livermore Falls, Maine, April 23, 1973.

Part 4. Springfield, Ill., May 16, 1973.

Part 5. Washington, D.C., July 11, 1973.

Part 6. Washington, D.C., July 12, 1973.

Part 7. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, August 4, 1973.

(Additional hearings anticipated but not scheduled at time of this printing.)

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Opening statement by Senator Edmund S. Muskie, chairman_.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Lowe, Daniel W., executive council vice president, Project Independence,

Auburn, Maine..

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Collins, Harold, coordinator for Project Independence, Wilton, Maine_---

Cummings, Sylvia, outreach worker, South Paris, Maine__.

Ouelette, Frances, homemaker, Wilton, Maine_-.

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Tardif, Eugene, bus driver, Project Independence, Wilton, Maine_----

La Fleur, Suzanne, social worker, Rumford Community Hospital, Rum-

ford, Maine____

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Moreau, Eloise, project director, Lewiston senior citizens, Lewiston, Maine_

Hooper, Richard H., executive director, Androscoggin Home Health Serv-

ices, Inc., Auburn, Maine_____

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Brinkman, Dr. Henry, Farmington, Maine-

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Michaud, Richard W., director, community services, Department of Health

and Welfare, Augusta, Maine_.

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Fisher, Dr. Dean H., Commissioner of Health and Welfare, State of Maine,

Augusta, Maine___.

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Conant, Clinton, chairman of the Governor's Health and Welfare Advisory

Committee, and executive director of the Rural Health Associates, Farm-

ington, Maine__.

Chamberlin, Dr. Richard, member of the executive board, Maine Medical

Association, Waterville, Maine.

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Libby, Jack, State Council of Older Persons, Brewer, Maine_

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Perkins, June, Springdale, Maine.

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Kinney, Rev. Gerald, Rockville, Maine__

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Scammon, Floyd, vice president of SCOOP, Brewer, Maine__.

APPENDIXES

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Appendix 1. Letters and statements from individuals and organizations:

Item 1. Letter from Maine's regional medical program, Augusta,

Maine, to Senator Muskie, April 18, 1973----

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Item 2. Letter from Rural Health Associates, Farmington, Maine, to

Senator Muskie, May 15, 1973----

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Item 3. Letter and enclosure from Androscoggin Home Health Services,

Inc., Auburn, Maine, to Senator Muskie, May 15, 1973..

Item 4. Letter from Maine Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Portland,

Maine, to Senator Muskie, April 30, 1973__.

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Item 5. Letter from Dr. Harry Brinkman, Farmington, Maine, to Sen-

ator Muskie, April 24, 1973__.

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Item 6. Letter and enclosures from Department of Health and Welfare,

Augusta, Maine, to Senator Muskie, May 3, 1973--

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Item 7. Statement of Jules Krems, president, Maine Federation of Long

Term Care Facilities, Portland, Maine, April 23, 1973.

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