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CUTBACKS IN MEDICARE AND
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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

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Skiffington, John, Rhode Island State Representative_-_.

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Slater, Eleanor, Division on Aging, Department of Community Affairs,

Providence, R.I__.

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McDermott, Frances, administrator, Grandview Nursing Home..

Gray, Anna, director, social services, Woonsocket Hospital__

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Huggins, Mable, executive director, Visiting Nurse Service of Greater

Woonsocket

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Duarte, Ambrose, executive director, Social Action Progress Corp_-

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Doss, Rebecca, director, Office of Senior Opportunities and Services,

Woonsocket

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Roy, Joseph, Woonsocket_.

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Jalette, Robert, project manager, Woonsocket Housing Authority.
Wheeler, Ida, director, food lift information program, Woonsocket_
Symznkywicz, John, executive director, Woonsocket Family and Child
Service

Tellier, Mrs_.

Kirk, John_

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Item 1. Prepared statement of Miss Mable Huggins, executive director,

Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Woonsocket-_-

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Item 2. Report of some of the elderly problems and some of the solu-

tions to the problems that has been brought to bear by social progress

action corporation and services program___

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Item 3. Report of the senior opportunities and services program op-

erated by Social Progress Action Corporation__

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Item 4. Government survey of the food lift information program, sub-

mitted by Mrs. Ida Wheeler, director, FLIP_

Appendix 2. Improvements in benefits for senior citizens supported by

Senator Claiborne Pell_.

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S. 1163. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide

grants to States for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and

expansion of low-cost meal programs, opportunity for social contacts,

and for other purposes---