11.S. Couage Sewake. Sprcial Cenu nister ( itoire AND ? :: 4 JAN 1 1 1972 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION PART 2—WOONSOCKET, R.I. JUNE 14, 1971 Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 64-350 O WASHINGTON : 1971 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 30 cents SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING'Or FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming FRANK E. MOSS, Utah PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota WILLIAM B. SAXBE, Ohio VANCE HARTKE, Indiana EDWARD W. BROOKE, Massachusetts CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri WILLIAM E. ORIOL, Staff Director DAVID A. AFFELDT, Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine, Chairman FRANK E. MOSS, Utah WILLIAM B. SAXBE, Ohio HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey WINSTON PROUTY, Vermont EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming VANCE HARTKE, Indiana PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island EDWARD W. BROOKE, Massachusetts THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois (II) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Lussier, Edward, mayor, Woonsocket, R.I.-- Skiffington, John, Rhode Island State Representative---- Slater, Eleanor, Division on Aging, Department of Community Affairs, Peters, Albert J., Woonsocket. McDermott, Frances, administrator, Grandview Nursing Home.. Gray, Anna, director, social services, Woonsocket Hospital.. Huggins, Mable, executive director, Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Duarte, Ambrose, executive director, Social Action Progress Corp--- Doss, Rebecca, director, Office of Senior Opportunities and Services, Roy, Joseph, Woonsocket_- Service Appendix 1. Additional material from witnesses : Item 1. Prepared statement of Miss Mable Huggins, executive director, Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Woonsocket--- 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-- Item 3. Report of the senior opportunities and services program op- erated by Social Progress Action Corporation.- 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 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, |
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