it can often mean the difference between living in an independent environment and living in an institution for elderly persons who suffer from degrees of functional disabilities, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiac disorders, and those who are blind, deaf, or aphasic.

"Sheltered housing for older people," said Dr. Tayback, "is different from housing for independent living and from institutional living. Although many facilities for independent living provide some services for individuals with limitations, they are primarily directed toward providing shelter and not to providing a total living environment for the older person. Conversely, institutional care facilities do offer their residents help with daily living, but their emphasis is on maintaining a designated level of care rather than providing assistance to support independence. While our program is compatible with congregate housing, our concept is broadened by the provision of three daily meals and personal services."

What do older people think about this new version of residential living? Have those who really needed help with their daily activities been convinced of its merits? These questions were asked of three Montgomery County residents of the Takoma Tower Retirement Center, in Takoma Park, where the first sheltered housing units were opened in April 1976.

"I'm such a cripple," said Mrs. Blanche Phillips, "that when I first heard about this sheltered housing program, I went right to the administrator of the apartments and asked how I could get involved. I can't even hook up the vacuum cleaner, so I really needed to have a cleaning lady. I love this program. My breakfast and my cleaning lady are just great."

"I've had a stroke and two operations on my hip over the last few years," said Miss Marian Fisher. "It is still quite difficult for me to bend over and move about, so much so that I was only able to clean my apartment or do any big job five minutes at a time. Trying to get a meal together, especially when you don't feel well, is really a pain in the neck! So this program is a real help to me. It just makes my day. It really does."

"Just in the last year and a half I've lost all of the strength in my hands," said Mrs. Hazel Hallett. "I have rheumatoid arthritis and I can't turn things on, or plug in the vacuum, and it's a chore to wash dishes or fix a meal. Some mornings I can't move any part of my body without pain. When those times strike I just move one inch at a time. So for me, sheltered housing is a big plus. I can now count on someone else to do the things that used to take me twice as long."

Over a two-year period, the Office on Aging contacted more than thirty developers and managers who expressed a desire to build sheltered housing for the elderly. Under the auspices of the law, standards and guidelines for the administration of the program and fiscal instructions and contract formats were developed and approved by the State Attorney General's office and the State Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning. An orientation conference was held in Annapolis in October 1975 for those interested in sponsoring, designing, building, or managing sheltered housing. One of the speakers was Arthur S. Flemming, U.S. Commissioner on Aging, who endorsed the program and pledged a cooperative effort by the Administration on Aging to assist in the development of such “appropriate

housing for the elderly."

As a result of the conference, a contract was awarded in the summer of 1976 to the International Center for Social Gerontology to design a training guide to assist sponsors, board members, and managers of sheltered housing in Maryland. This guide, which is now available, is believed to be the first of its kind. A recent grant from the Administration on Aging will make it possible to put the guide into practice through a series of training sessions for the boards of directors and staff personnel of selected sheltered housing complexes.

The program is financed through private or public sources. Public sources of funding are primarily the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, through its Section 8 and 202 Rental Housing Assistance Programs, and the Maryland Department of Economic and Community Development which will finance a loan on the open market by floating State Revenue Bonds. The Office on Aging also makes available subsidies from their annual budget of general revenue funds to cover the costs of sheltered housing services, according to a sliding scale based on the income . of elderly persons.

There are many sheltered housing projects around the State in various stages of completion. Forty units are operating at the Takoma Tower Retirement Center in Montgomery County, which has concluded its first six months of operation and has recently been awarded a one-year contract to continue operation. The Jewish Council on Aging of Greater Washington executed a one-year contract effective Oct. 1 for 24 sheltered housing units in the El Dorado Apartments in Montgomery County which feature congregate apartment

living. In Baltimore City, St. Andrew's House has designated 60 units which opened Nov. 1, and the N.M. Carroll House and the Kirkwood House have had their applications for Federal construction funds approved by HUD. Consultants have been engaged and development is proceeding. These two proposed facilities are expected to provide a total of 140 units of sheltered housing.

Officials for Pine Bluff Village, Inc., located in Salisbury on Maryland's Eastern Shore, are presently attempting to contract with a consultant-developer to submit an application for 100 units of sheltered housing to the Maryland State Department of Economic and Community Development. In Western Maryland applications have already been submitted to the State Department of Economic and Community Development and notification of approval for 100 units is pending.

With HUD recognition of the program and the new State law on sheltered housing, the Office on Aging expects than many of Maryland's disabled elderly will be able to take advantage of the program. The Office has allocated $334,942 of general funds subsidy for Fiscal Year 1977 toward this type of housing and it is anticipated that by FY 1978 some 500 units around the State will be fully committed to this program.

In looking toward the future, Dr. Tayback offered this comment: "Phase One has been successfully completed. The education of the public and acceptance by non-proprietary and proprietary housing interests of the meaningfulness of this program have been achieved. It now appears that we can expect 1,500 sheltered housing units to be in operation in Maryland within the next five years."

The Frederic D. Zeman Center for Instruction at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged in New York City is conducting a program of continuing education in gerontology and geriatrics for its 14th consecutive year.

The curriculum is multi-disciplinary both in approach and application. Courses are offered in medicine, nursing, nursing-home administration, social services, the therapies, nutrition, and recreation. Course material is designed to meet the needs of professionals and paraprofessionals serving residents of long-term-care facilities, and practitioners aiding older persons in the community.

This year's program includes an institute on "Vascular Diseases in the Aged: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment," designed for practicing physicians; a course on "Geriatric Social Work Practice," given in cooperation with the Columbia University School of Social Work; and a workshop on "Management of Disturbed Behavior in the Aged," with a clinic on problem solving.

The curriculum also includes a course designed for nurses on "Principles of Restorative Geriatric Nursing Care," and another for occupational therapists on "Restorative

Occupational Therapy for the Hemiplegic Patient." Other courses explore such topics as sexuality and the aged, group work with the institutionalized aged, the interaction of physical and emotional factors in the aged, the law, and the emerging role of community relations.

Center faculty is composed of professional staff members of the 1,640-bed, non-profit facility. These instructors are supplemented by guest lecturers specializing in specific areas of geriatric service.

Seminars, institutes, and one- to three-day workshops are conducted along with day and evening courses at the Center and at other locations. Training programs can be planned for institutions wishing to co-sponsor a project in conjunction with other groups in nearby areas. The Center also provides "Resident Traineeships"-extended traineeships of one to three months involving participation both in formal courses and in the day-to-day programs of the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged.

Further information on the Center's curriculum is available from the Frederick D. Zeman Center for Instruction, Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, 120 W. 106th St., New York, N.Y. 10025.

Feb. 23-25. Conference on Developments in Gerontology and Higher Education. At Ramada Inn, Tucson, Ariz. Mildred Seltzer, Ph.D., Scripps Foundation Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056.

Mar. 20-22. National Conference on Alternative Work Schedules of the Committee for Alternative Work Patterns. At the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Ill. Conference Coordinator, American Association for Higher Education, 1 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036. Mar. 20-23. Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Western Gerontological Society. At Hilton Hotel, Denver, Colo. Western Gerontological Society, 1095 Market St., Rm. 714, San Francisco, Calif. 94103. Mar. 23-26. Conference on Creative Approaches to Aging and Mental Health. At Denver Hilton Hotel, Denver, Colo.

Norma Nelson, Conference Coordinator, Ebenezer Society, 2626 Park Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407.

Mar. 23. New Developments in AgingAnswers to Stress, conference. At Dallas, Tex. Anne T. Kohler, Research Utilization Project, The Generation Connection, 500-0, Texas Department of Public Welfare, John H. Reagan Bldg., Auston, Tex 78701.

Mar. 28. Religion and Aging. At Holy

Names College, Oakland, Calif. Gerontology Conference Series, Holy Names College, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland, Calif. 94619.

Apr. 12-14. National Intra-Decade on Spiritual Well-Being of the Elderly. At Stouffer's Inn, 590 W. Peachtree St., N.W., Atlanta, Ga. 30308. Tom C. Cook, Jr., Executive Director, National Interfaith Coalition on Aging, Inc., 298 S. Hull St., Athens, Ga. 30601.

Apr. 17-20 National Council on the Aging Annual Conference. At Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Mary

Youry, Director, Editorial/Publications Dept., National Council on the Aging, 1828 L St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036.

Apr. 17-20. Eighth Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. In Urbana-Champaign, Ill. EDRA 8, 106 Architecture Bldg., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill. 61801.

Apr. 24-26. National Conference on County Resource Development for Aging Citizens. In Kansas City, Mo. Aging Program, National Association of Counties' Research Foundation, 1735 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

Apr. 28-30. Fourth National Institute on Minority Aging in San Diego. At San Diego State University, School of Social Work, Center on Aging, San Diego, Calif. Shirley A. Lochery, Coordinator, E. Percil Stanford, Director, Center on Aging, 349 Cedar St., San Diego, Calif 92101.

Feb. 11, Mar. 11. Training in Psychosocial Needs and Services for the Elderly, program. At the Ethel Percy Andrus Center. Helen Dennis, Mental Health Coordinator, Continuing Education Division, the Center, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, Calif. 90007.

Feb. 14-Apr. 21. A Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Approach to Long Term Care, workshop. At Sister Kenny Insti

tute. Constance Sauer, R.N., M.S.N., Coordinator, Long Term Care Education Center-Region V, Sister Kenny Institute, Division of Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Inc., 811 E. 27th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407.

Feb. 16-18. Strengthening Human Relationships: Institute on Services to the Aging for Administrative and Managerial Personnel. At Boston Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Mass. Sister M. Laurice, Direc

tor, Health Service for the Aging, 1438 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63104. Mar. 6. Human Values and Human Aging, seminar. At Wohlleben Hall-Wohlleben Auditorium, University of Dayton, Office for Moral and Religious Education, The University, Dayton, Ohio 45469.

Mar. 16-21. Workshop on the Planning of Comprehensive Services. In Indianapolis, Ind. Training Coordinator, Syracuse

University Training Institute, 805 S. Crouse Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. 13210. Mar. 21-24. Fifth Annual Legislative Workshop of the American Association

of Homes for the Aging. At the Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. AAHA's 5th Annual Legislative Workshop, Suite 770, 1050-17th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Mar. 21-25. Working With the Elderly in Treatment Settings, seminar. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan-Wayne State University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, The Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

Mar. 21-25. Principles of Milieu Practice: Working With the Elderly in Treatment Settings, workshop. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of MichiganWayne State University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, The Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48190.

Mar. 21-25. Pastoral Ministry With Older Adults, workshop. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of MichiganWayne State University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, the Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

Mar. 24-25. Active People Over 60, Re

gional Workshop. At Palmer House, Chicago, Ill. Dorothy D. Campbell, National Association for Human Development, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

Mar. 28-Apr. 1. Training Staff: A Workshop for Trainers, workshop. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan-Wayne State University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, the Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

Apr. 1-2. Gerontology Institute on the Older Woman. At Sangamon State University, Shepherd Rd. Gari LesnoffCaravaglia, The University, Springfield, Ill. 62708.

Apr. 4-8. Preretirement Education Prin

ciples and Practices, workshop. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan-Wayne State University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, the Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich 48109.

Apr. 15-16. Gerontology Institute on Facing Death. At Sangamon State Uni

versity, Shepherd Rd. Gari LesnoffCaravaglia, The University, Springfield, Ill. 62708.

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Apr. 15-20. Workshop on the Planning of Comprehensive Services. In Massachusetts. Training Coordinator, Syracuse University Training Institute, 805 S. Crouse Ave., Syracuse, NY. 13210.

Apr. 18-22. Continuing Life Satisfaction Through the Arts, workshop. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan-Wayne State University, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

Apr. 29-30. Gerontology Institute on Quality of Life: Growth and Continuity. At Sangamon State University, Shepherd Rd. Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia, The University, Springfield, Ill. 62708. May 5. Fifth Annual Fitness Is Ageless, seminar. At Schoolcraft College, Betty Andrews, Assistant, Community Services, the College, 18600 Haggerty Rd., Livonia, Mich. 48151.

May 16-20. Management of Long-Term Care Facilities, seminar. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of MichiganWayne State University. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, The Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

May 16-21. Legal Issues and the Elderly, seminar. At the Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan-Wayne State University. Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, The Institute, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

May 19-20. Geriatrics-The Fruition of the Clinician, course. At the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. Knight Steel, M.D., Monroe Community Hospital, 435 Henrietta Rd., Rochester, N.Y. 14603.

May 23-June 3. Multidisciplinary Summer Workshop in Gerontology. At the Institute for the Study of Aging, University of Miami. Priscilla R. Perry, Director, The Institute, P.O. Box 248106, Coral Gables, Fla. 33124.

May 31-June 10, June 13-June 24, and June 27-July 8. Cross-National, MultiDisciplinary Summer Institute in Gerontology. At the University of Hawaii. Dr. Jim Kelly, Director, Summer Institute on Gerontology, University of Hawaii School of Social Work, Hawaii Hall, 2500 Campus Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.

Academic Program for 1977

The Institute of Gerontology of the University of Michigan-Wayne State University has published a brochure on its course offerings for 1977.

The booklet lists the seminars, courses, and workshops in the field of gerontology being conducted throughout the year. Among topics covered are legal issues, management of long-term care facilities, mental health, death and dying, pastoral ministry with older adults, and the older woman. Other subjects include the economic status of the aged, communication and the aging, the biology of aging, senior center administration, counseling the older adult, and health and chronic disease.

Cooperating with departments and schools at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, the Institute offers a Specialist in Aging Certificate. This is earned in conjunction with a graduate degree in a specific program, such as social work, public health, education, architecture, or nursing.

Many courses are based on new work in the field of gerontology by Institute staff or faculty of schools and colleges of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. In addition to its on-campus program, the Institute staff offer a number of workshops and classes throughout the country. University faculty and practitioners from other parts of the country also participate in the educational program.

Information about enrollment in the Institute's educational program is available from Dorothy H. Coons, Director of Continuing Education, Institute of Gerontology, 520 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

California

Dickison Community Lighted Schools, Inc., a pioneer in merging community activities with the educational system to benefit all age groups, has received a $137,500 grant from the California Department of Aging.

The grant was made under Title VII of the Older Americans Act to provide 250 hot meals daily to the elderly residents of Compton.

Dickison Community Lighted Schools was incorporated in December 1969 to pull together community activities and the educational program. Its success over the past seven years is reflected in its after-school programs of crafts, sports, and hobbies. for all age groups; tutoring services. for elementary school students; teaching English as a second language; utilizing the educational facilities as centers of community life; and involving senior citizens in a variety of programs and services. The Dickison program serves some 1,800 elderly in Compton.

Funding for the organization comes from United Way, the Brotherhood Crusade, HEW, Model Cities, revenue sharing, and the Compton Unified School District. The Dickison organization operates programs for seniors in two schools of the area and in other community centers.

Programs funded by revenue sharing include Buyers Club activities, legal aid, food shopping, and transportation for medical and dental appointments. There is an ongoing information and referral service and counseling is available at the Social Services Center.

Dickison is among the first in the

State to make the food service capabilities as well as the physical facilities of schools available to senior citizens for the nutrition program.

Kansas

The Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging is supporting the use of county mill levies for services to the elderly.

Currently, five of the seven counties in the planning and service area have implemented mill levy programs. Through the mill levies, local citizens are supplying their own tax money to be used for projects benefiting the elderly.

These locally raised funds are supporting a variety of programs including the operation of buses, senior centers activities, and expanded homedelivered meals. Coordination among Title VII, Title III, and mill levy programs has facilitated comprehensive planning and delivery of services at the local level. According to the Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging, less dependence on temporary Federal funding has meant a broader scope of programming.

Massachusetts

The Pittsfield Senior Citizens in Massachusetts have helped themselves to better transportation by earning the money to purchase a van this past year. The Council on Aging already had a van to deliver meals to elderly shut-ins. Since there were calls for other seniors to be transported for errands, such as shopping and for doctors' appointments, an active group of older people held money-raising proj

ects, including a tag sale and food sale, and were successful in obtaining funds to purchase the van. With two vans on the road, the second vehicle will be available to take people doorto-door to doctors, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, shopping centers, and to senior center activities.

Minnesota

Minnesotans throughout the State participated in a public hearing televised by the Governor's Citizens Council on Aging.

During the hour-long hearing, the Council on Aging received over 90 phoned-in comments and questions. Twenty percent of them came from Minnesotans living outside the State. Persons 60 and older contributed more than 75% of the comments.

During the first part of the broadcast, Council members and staff discussed the Council's objectives for FY 1977. These included improving Minnestota's Nutrition Program for the Elderly, developing local nursing home ombudsman programs, extending the area agency on aging program throughout the State, and developing a proposed State policy on long term care for the Minnesota State Legislature.

During the second half of the program, the six-member panel responded to questions and comments from the television audience.

This is the second year the Council on Aging has televised a public hearing. The hearing was broadcast over all educational and cable television stations in the State and was sponsored by the General Mills Foundation.