THE NATION'S RURAL ELDERLY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

GING

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging

80-319

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1977

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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine
FRANK E. MOSS, Utah

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

VANCE HARTKE, Indiana
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
JOHN V. TUNNEY, California
LAWTON CHILES, Florida
DICK CLARK, Iowa

JOHN A. DURKIN, New Hampshire

HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
EDWARD W. BROOKE, Massachusetts
CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
BILL BROCK, Tennessee

DEWEY F. BARTLETT, Oklahoma

WILLIAM E. ORIOL, Staff Director
DAVID A. AFFELDT, Chief Counsel
VAL J. HALAMANDARIS, Associate Counsel
JOHN GUY MILLER, Minority Staff Director
PATRICIA G. ORIOL, Chief Clerk

The Nation's Rural Elderly:

Part 1. Winterset, Iowa, August 16, 1976.
Part 2. Ottumwa, Iowa, August 16, 1976.
Part 3. Gretna, Nebr., August 17, 1976.
Part 4. Ida Grove, Iowa, August 17, 1976.

Part 5 Sioux Falls, S. Dak., August 18, 1976.

Part 6. Rockford, Iowa, August 18, 1976.

Part 7. Denver, Colo., March 23, 1977.

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

CONTENTS

Opening statement by Senator Dick Clark, presiding...

Statement of Hon. Thomas R. Harkin, a Representative in Congress

from the State of Iowa..

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Orr, George W., executive director, Iowa Commission on Aging, Des

Moines, Iowa..

Goeldner, L. R., chairman, Central Iowa Area Agency on Aging, Earlham,

Iowa__

Stroeber, Hazel, Macksburg, Iowa..

Anderson, Lucille, Melcher, Iowa...

Sprunger, Willis, Winterset, Iowa...

Morris, Dr. Woodrow, associate dean, College of Medicine, University of

Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa..

Pals, Joe J., former executive director of Matura Action Corp., Orient,

Iowa..

Forsyth, Louise, director, Madison County Multipurpose Center, Winter-
set, Iowa...
Fickel, Dr. Jack, medical director, Family Care Center, Red Oak, Iowa..

APPENDIXES

Appendix 1. Material submitted by witnesses:

Item 1. Magazine article and brochure submitted by L. R. Goeldner__

Item 2. Additional information submitted by Louise Forsyth.-----

Appendix 2. Letters from U.S. departments and agencies:

Item 1. Letter from William B. Prendergast, Assistant Director for

Congressional Affairs, ACTION, Washington, D.C.; to Senator

Dick Clark, dated July 27, 1976-

Item 2. Letter from Frank B. Elliott, Administrator, Farmers Home

Administration, Washington, D.C.; to Senator Dick Clark, dated

July 15, 1976–.

Item 3. Letter and enclosure from William H. Walker III, Assistant

Secretary, Department of Agriculture; to Senator Dick Clark,

dated August 3, 1976.

Item 4. Letter from Samuel R. Martinez, Director, Community

Services Administration, Washington, D.C.; to Senator Dick

Clark, dated August 10, 1976.

Item 5. Letter and enclosure from Faye G. Abdellah, special assistant

to the Under Secretary, HEW; to Senator Dick Clark, dated July 16,

1976___

Item 6. Letter and enclosure from Arthur S. Flemming, Commissioner

on Aging, HEW; to Senator Dick Clark, dated July 17, 1976-..

Item 7. Letter and enclosure from M. Keith Weikel, Commissioner,

Social and Rehabilitation Service, HEW; to Senator Dick Clark,

dated July 27, 1976.

Item 8. Letter from Robert Fulton, Administrator, Social and Re-

habilitation Service, HEW; to Senator Dick Clark, dated July 28,

1976___.

Item 9. Letter from Louis M. Hellman, Administrator, Health Serv-

ices Administration, HEW; to Senator Dick Clark, dated August 11,

1976----

Item 10. Letter and enclosures from James B. Cardwell, Commissioner

of Social Security; to Senator Dick Clark, dated August 27, 1976--