87-615 HEARING BEFORE THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION WASHINGTON, DC APRIL 18, 1988 Serial No. 100-20 Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING JOHN MELCHER, Montana, Chairman JOHN GLENN, Ohio QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota JOHN HEINZ, Pennsylvania PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico MAX I. RICHTMAN, Staff Director 30-My-89 Statement of: Opening statement by Senator John Melcher, chairman . Senator Quentin Burdick. Senator Larry Pressler. Gretchen Meinke, Administrative Director, San Francisco Adult Day Health 5 Ellen Shillinglaw, Director, Office of Legislation and Policy, Health Care Carol Kurland, Administrator, Office of Home Care Programs, New Jersey Item 1. Testimony of the American Pharmaceutical Association, submitted by John F. Schlegel, Pharm.D., President, re: Including pharmaceutical serv- ices in the bill S. 1839, the Medical Adult Day Health Care Amendments of Item 2. Written testimony of Congressman Leon E. Panetta on need for more Item 3. Testimony submitted by Marcie Parker, senior research associate, InterStudy, "An Overview of Respite Care and Adult Day Care in the Item 4. Additional testimony from Kay Larmer, chairperson, National Insti- tute on Adult Daycare, National Council on Aging, in response to a request by Sentor Charles Grassley for more informaiton on the cost of adult day (III) |