General HAISLIP. We reduced them by putting in a beer hall in the home. By close supervision and control, we have cut our disciplinary problem at least 75 percent and the morale has never been higher. It is a wonderful place. I am sorry you have not seen it. They are an outstanding group of men. Of course, we have a few who can't adjust, and they do not last very long. AVERAGE AGE OF MEMBERS Mr. MICHEL. What is the average age? General HAISLIP. Sixty-two. It is coming down every year. FOOD Mr. FLOOD. Do you ever eat out there, General? General HAISLIP. Once a month. Every month a member of the Board of Commissioners comes and spends half a day looking at the Home and we eat our noon meal there. Mr. FLOOD. They know you are coming? General HAISLIP. The men? Mr. FLOOD. The Quartermaster? Mr. FLOOD. Oh, sure. REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL General HAISLIP. The Inspector General, by law, must come every year and he brings six or seven officers and spends a week investigating the Home I will read what he said in his last report, if I may: The Governor and his staff were dedicated to maintaining the health, welfare, and safety of the members and were accomplishing the mission of the Home in an outstanding manner. All officers and employees of the Home displayed a spirit of cooperation and helpfulness. The Sisters of Charity continued to perform their nursing duties with quiet efficiency and devotion to duty. The sanitation and appearance of the facilities in general were commendable and in particular the cleanliness throughout the hospital was worthy of note. Mr. FLOOD. Who wrote that? You? General HAISLIP. No, sir. The Inspector General of the Army. He comes in and I turn the home over to him. No doors are closed and no papers hidden. Mr. MICHEL. Do you know what week he is coming? General HAISLIP. Yes, we know when he is coming but we do not know what he will look at. AUDITING PROCEDURE We are audited by a firm of certified public accountants. Two months of the year they make a 100-percent audit of all accounts on a date known only to the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners. The other 10 months they make a 5-percent spot check on a date known to the treasurer, but what particular items that will be checked are known to the auditor only. They have never found anything wrong with our accounts. The Inspector General also brings his master auditor out and spends a week going over our figures and they have never found anything wrong yet. It is a very fine place. Mr. FOGARTY. Mr. Denton. SURPLUS FOOD Mr. DENTON. Do you still get surplus food? General HAISLIP. Yes, we do. Mr. DENTON. What percentage of your meals does that cover? General HAISLIP. It amounted this year to 33 cents in the general' mess and 534 cents in the hospital mess. Mr. DENTON. Per meal? General HAISLIP. No. Per ration. COST TO MEMBERS Mr. DENTON. Suppose a man has social security and will have medicare and railroad retirement or something like that-what do you call them: members? General HAISLIP. Yes; members. Mr. DENTON. Suppose a member of the home has those benefits, does he have to pay anything? General HAISLIP. No, sir; because the Government made a contract with him and if he carries out that contract he can come to the home and spend the rest of his life there without cost. 1 Includes $56 to cover classified pay increases (proposed for later transmittal). 1 Includes $56 to cover classified pay increases (proposed for later transmittal). NOTE. Domiciliary bed requirements are based on approximately 76 percent of the total membership. Hospital bed requirements are based on, "hospital present," plus approximately 20 percent of this category for flexibility and peak periods. Beds available, fiscal years 1966 and 1967: Domiciliary, 2,098 (including 82 substandard spaces); hospital, 492. +$44.000: The Order of St. Vincent de Paul has furnished on a contractual basis Sister-nurses for the home hospital for many years. The order will not be able to furnish any additional nurses and probably will not be able to replace any of those leaving the home in the future. By working long hours with little time off, these Sisters have furnished professional nursing care to 11 wards. In so doing, only three Sisters have been on duty during the 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift for the entire hospital. In order to partially comply with the recommendations of the Joint Commission on Accredition of Hospitals and the Army Surgeon General's Office, 29 GS-3 nursing assistant positions will gradually be replaced by 29 GS-6 nurses. This substitution will provide for an acceptable number of registered nurses on duty in all wards round the clock. +$3,000: Since 1957, there has been an 84-percent increase in ward and clinic requirements, and an 81-percent increase in individual prescriptions filled by the hospital pharmacy. At present, the pharmacy is staffed with two registered pharmacists. A pharmacist aid is required to relieve the professional employees of time-consuming, nonskilled duties. +$13,000: This is an apparent increase only, due to the fact that the cost of annualizing a fiscal year 1965 wage board pay increase is not included in fiscal year 1966 figures, but is provided for in the fiscal year 1967 estimate. The fiscal year 1966 cost is proposed for later transmittal. +$19,000: This is the difference between the full-year cost in fiscal year 1967 of a general schedule pay increase granted for part of fiscal year 1966. 12 Personnel benefits (+$4,000) Increased agency contributions to personnel benefit funds are caused by the higher graded positions provided for above. 25 Other services (+$3,000) Increase of 46 cents in the daily rate at St. Elizabeths Hospital as set by the Bureau of the Budget. 26 Supplies and materials (+$7,000) +$4,000: For 10 additional rations per day based on an estimated increase in patient load. +$3,000: For additional medical supplies based on an estimated increase in members and patients. 31 Equipment (-$14,000) Less expensive equipment is scheduled for fiscal year 1967. +$7,000: This is an apparent increase only, due to the fact that the cost of annualizing a fiscal year 1965 wage board pay increase is not included in fiscal year 1966 figures, but is provided for in the fiscal year 1967 estimate. The fiscal year 1966 cost is proposed for later transmittal. +$1,000: This is the difference between the full-year cost in fiscal year 1967 of a general schedule pay increase granted for part of fiscal year 1966. +$5,000: For five new member positions including three additional attendants to help the increased number of handicapped members living in the domiciliary area, one janitor for the recently opened gymnasium, and one duty sergeant for the WAC quarters. 26 Supplies and materials (+$19,000) +$14,000: For 36 additional rations per day based on an estimated increase in membership. +$5,000: For additional domiciliary supplies for the estimated increase in members. 31 Equipment (+$2,000) Equipment requirements are slightly higher in fiscal year 1967. +$26,000: For seven additional laundry employes, including an assistant manager, based on a survey by the Office of the Chief of Support Services, Army, which indicated that productive capabilities of the home laundry are reduced because of a 15 percent deficiency in staffing. In addition, this increase will provide for five new member positions required to strengthen the home's existing guard force. +$33,000: This is an apparent increase only, due to the fact that the cost of annualizing a fiscal year 1965 wage board pay increase is not included in fiscal year 1966 figures, but is provided for in the fiscal year 1967 estimate. The fiscal year 1966 cost is proposed for later transmittal. +4,000: This is the difference between the full-year cost in fiscal year 1967 of a general schedule pay increase granted for part of fiscal year 1966. 25 Other services (+$31,000) +$18,000: In order to increase the productive capabilities of the home laundry, it is necessary to expand and increase the electric and sewer utilities. +$13,000: This increase will provide $18 for updating topographical and utilities maps and drawings, somewhat offset by a reduction of $5 for recurring maintenance such as painting and road and walk repairs. 26 Supplies and materials (+$2,000) For additional administrative and maintenance supplies based on actual experience during the past year. 31 Equipment (+$51,000) For replacement of wornout machines by equipment of larger capacity and purchase of additional laundry equipment in order to increase laundry production. 32 Lands and structures (+$41,000) +$28,000: There are nine offices on the first floor and a canteen on the ground floor of the Forwood Building (hospital) which require air conditioning. Some of these offices adjoin a closed porch on one side and a closed corridor on the other which prevent proper ventilation and which prohibit the proper use of window units. In addition, the dental and EENT clinics in the Barnes Building (hospital) are largely "inside" areas bound on most sides by almost windowless walls. Window units are not sufficient to cool, ventilate, and control humidity. +$4,000: During fiscal year 1965 it was necessary to drain and clean the upper 59-316-66-pt. 1-7 |