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of the Sarah C. Massengale Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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1/15/75
THE ELDERLY AND THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM
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Program devised to combat recession with smallest
possible inflationary impact.
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This is in best interests of elderly as they
are ones hit hardest by inflation.
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The increase of the low-income allowance would benefit
those low-income elderly.
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Elderly who pay taxes would benefit from tax rebate
proposal, while those who do not would still receive
money from the Government.
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While does limit increase in social security -- this
one year -- it would not be unduly burdensome if
efforts to combat inflation succeed.
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Finally, general talk about how the stakes in this
economic battle are high for all Americans, and the
elderly, along with the rest of us, stand to gain greater
economic security if the twin dangers of recession and
inflation are successfully combated.
Consumer C Price Index rise 51%
betw. 1970-76 (across - the 77% -bd.)
Elday Insur. Benefits time
use
for same
FORD & LIBRARY SERALD
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
July 31, 1975
Sarah Massengale
Thought you would find these of
interest.
Cleonice Tavani
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
News
national council
Release
of senior citizens
1511 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: (Area Code 202) 783-6850
FOR RELEASE PM NEWSPAPERS
I/P 333
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1975
Contact:
Steven L. Radabaugh
Terry McKenna
Telephone:
(202) 783-6850
PRESIDENT FORD REBUKED FOR "CALLOUS INDIFFERENCE"
TO THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY POOR
Washington, D.C.--The leader of America's most politically-active
organization of older people--representing 3 million older Americans--
has sharply rebuked President Ford for his "callous indifference to the
needs and sufferings of our elderly poor."
The rebuke came from Nelson H. Cruikshank, President of the National
Council of Senior Citizens, following the release of the annual report
of the Federal Council on Aging and the subsequent message by President
Ford on transmitting the report to Congress. In that message Ford
rejected the recommendations contained in the report. The Federal
Council expressed its deep concern about the financial burden falling
upon the elderly as a result of the reductions proposed in the federal
budget. Its recommendations include "legislative action to develop high
standards of safety and care in nursing homes," and a request that
"assistance be provided to enable facilities to meet such standards
especially those homes serving minorities and the poor."
President Ford's rejection of the Federal Council's report was on
the ground that it "does not reflect the Administration's policies." "
"This is a curious statement," said Cruikshank. "Nowhere in the
provisions of the Older Americans Act is it suggested that the Federal
Council on Aging shall reflect the Administration's policies. On the
contrary, the Act says the Federal Council shall serve as a spokesman on
behalf of older Americans by making recommendations to the President and
shall inform the public about the problems and needs of the aging.
GERALD, LIBRES FORD
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"Mr. Ford has the best advice available on how to help the elderly,
but he consistently chooses to ignore it," said Cruikshank. "His rejection
of suggestions, however, is not unexpected. It is in keeping with the
President's past performance as regards older people."
Cruikshank noted that among the first recommendations Ford sent to
Congress on becoming President were proposals to cut back on Medicare
and Medicaid, and to raise the price of food stamps. Later, he tried to
get Congress to renege on its own law and reduce its scheduled cost-of-
living increase in Social Security.
"When the President starts thinking of improving our economic
situation why must it always be at the expense of some poor old man or
woman?" Cruikshank asked.
The senior citizens leader said that a major part of the President's
message to the Congress is devoted to a defense of his inept policies
with regard to nursing homes. "However, the President had apparently
not read a recent report by the U.S. Department of HEW following a new
nursing home survey. Nor had the President been told of the recent
remarks of Dr. Theodore Cooper, Assistant Secretary of HEW for health
matters. Cooper said that present federal regualtions "fail to achieve
what they are designed to accomplish," and recommended they be replaced
with new regulations which would emphasize the performance evaluation of
a nursing home.
Cruikshank said the HEW study, in addition to other federal and
state level investigations, revealed that hundreds of thousands of
dollars in Medicare and Medicaid funds have gone to support owners and
administrators of nursing homes that have flagrantly wasted taxpayers'
money. "If the President is really interested in stopping all kinds of
inflation why does he resist efforts to exert control over these homes
and stop this shameful practice?" he said.
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The National Council of Senior Citizens is a non-partisan organization
of over 3,000 older people's clubs across the country which seeks to
improve life for older Americans through social and political action.
Since it was set up in August 1961, the Council has been the leading
senior citizens organization involved in the legislative battled to enact
Medicare, the Older Americans Act, improvements in Social Security, elderly
housing, part-time community service employment for seniors, and other
proposals to help the elderly.
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aging
I am concerned about the problems that confront older persons,
especially the very acute problems that confront those with low in-
comes and those who are members of minority groups.
One of the best ways to deal with these problems is to do
everything possible to lift the burdens of inflation from the backs
of all of our citizens. If we are to achieve this objective, most
of our citizens will have to make some contributions. That is why
some of my recommendations have called for downward adjustments in
programs which I know are directly related to the lives of older
persons.
At the same time it is important to keep in mind the fact that
whereas the Consumer Price Index will have increased between 1970
and 1976 by 51%, the 01d Age and Survivors Insurance benefits will
have increased 77%. Likewise, the introduction of the Supplementa1
Security Income program has resulted in the aged, blind and disabled
receiving approximately $2 billion more in benefit payments in
calendar year 1974 than they did in calendar year 1973--a figure
which will undoubtedly increase markedly in the present calendar year.
Also, the amount of funds available to assist States and communities
in providing servicesfor older persons has increased five-fold in the
past two fiscal years. In addition, I have called for tax adjustments
which, if enacted into law, will reduce the tax payments now being
made by many older persons.
FORD LIBRARY is 078839
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In spite of these advances I know that more remains to be
done. Once our economy begins to turn the corner I am committed
to a policy of making sure that older persons receive their fair
share of the increased productivity I am confident our nation
will experience.
Many of our older persons are living today in skilled nursing
homes and intermediate care facilities. Some are receiving
excellent service. Others are called upon to put up with sub-
standard facilities and substandard services. I want to renew our
Government's commitment to do everything possible to see to it that
Federal funds are not used to subsidize either substandard facilities
or services. I support without reservation the vigorous campaign
that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is waging to
achieve this objective.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
HEALTH.
OF EDUCATION SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Office of Human Development
Administration on Aging
February 17, 1975
NOTE TO MRS. PAMELA NEEDHAM
I am attaching the material you and I talked
about the other day.
Oill
Arthur S. Flemming
Commissioner on Aging
Attachment
FORD is LIBRARY CERALD
file
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
News Release
For Immediate Release
Federal Council on the Aging
Freer - (202) 245-0441
Foster - (202) 245-0443
FORD is LIBRARY CERALD
FCA Hearing on Older Women to Mark International Women's Year
The Federal Council on the Aging will mark International Women's Year
with a hearing on "National Policy Concerns for Older Women." It will take
place on September 28, 1975 from 2-5 p.m. at the Sheraton Park Hotel in
conjunction with the 25th anniversary meeting of the National Council on
the Aging, in Washington, D.C.
International Women's Year was established by a United Nation's
General Assembly Resolution in December 1972. The main purposes of IWY
are to focus attention on the situation of women and on ways to improve it;
to activate concern for the equality of rights and opportunities for women
and men; and to promote action on behalf of women throughout the world so
as to ensure the participation of women at all levels of national and
international development.
In planning for the September hearing, the Federal Council on the Aging
is working with the National Commission on the Observance of International
Women's Year which was appointed by President Ford and is headed by Jill
Ruckelshaus. The hearing panel members are Bertha Adkins, FCA Chairman,
Council members Dorothy L. Devereux, Dr. Sharon M. Fujii, Professor Lennie-
Marie P. Tolliver and Garson Meyer, Margaret Long Arnold, member National
Commission IWY, and Patricia S. Lindh, Special Assistant to the President.
Among the witnesses testifying are Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, Commis-
sioner on Aging and also Chairman of the Civil Rights Commission; Dr.
Ethel Allen, member of the National Commission IWY; Katherine Dunham,
Director of the Performing Arts Training Center, Southern Illinois Univer-
sity and member, National Advisory Council on Aging of National Institute
on Aging; Paul Nathanson, Director of the National Senior Citizens Law
Center, Los Angeles, California; Maggie Kuhn, Founder of the Gray Panthers;
Marjorie Collins, Associate Director, N.C.O.A.; Tish Sommers, Task Force on
Older Women, N.O.W.; Dr. Natalie Trager, Coordinator of the 26th 'Annual
Conference on Aging, Institute on Gerontology, University of Michigan;
Dorothy McCamman, Chairperson of the Task Force on Women and Social Security,
Senate Special Committee on Aging; Dr. Caroline Ware, IWY Task Force,
Clearinghouse on Women's Issues, and Dr. Helena Lopata, Director of Center
for the Comparative Study of Social Roles, Loyola, Chicago, Illinois.
The Federal Council on the Aging plans to issue a publication for the
general public presenting highlights from the hearing and submissions as
well as recommendations which will emanate from the Council regarding
national policy initiatives concerning older women.
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF H.E.W.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
391
U.S.MAIL
Ms. Sarah Massengale
The White House
220 Old Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C.
file
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE aging
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
Report of Activities for Month of July, 1975
Response of President to FCA Annual Report
On July 24, 1975, the President submitted his comments and recommendations
on the first Annual Report of the Federal Council on the Aging to the Con-
gress. The FCA report indicated that in its few months of existence there
had not been time to produce extensive recommendations. "However, we
have become increasingly aware that the economic plight of the elderly is
of crisis proportions. Their urgent humanitarian needs require special
attention in strategies by both the Executive and Legislative branches of
government to offset the effects of recession and inflation." The Council
expressed concern about the burdens that would befall the elderly through
cutbacks which had been proposed by the White House in social services for
the elderly and ceilings on benefit programs financed from Social Insurance
Trust funds.
Mr. Ford responded: "I sympathize with this concern, but I am determined to
reduce the burden of inflation on our older citizens, and that effort de-
mands that government spending be limited. Inflation is one of the cruelest
and most pervasive problems facing older Americans, so many of whom live on
fixed incomes. A reduction of inflation, therefore, is in the best interests
of all Americans and would be of particular benefit to the aging."
The Council report also recommended legislative action to develop high
standards of safety and care in nursing homes." The Presidential response
was that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has set high
standards of nursing home care and safety that must be met by nursing homes
participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. "The enforcement of
these standards is one of my Administ. ation's highest priorities. Federal
funds pay 100 percent of the costs of inspection to monitor compliance with
these standards. The Federal Government pays its share of the costs of
meeting nursing standards through health care financing programs, primarily
Medicare and Medicaid. Financial assistance is also made available to
assist nursing homes in meeting selected fire safety standards."
The White House response concluded: "The perspective and recommendations of
this report are limited to a particular area of interest and advocacy. The
report does not reflect the Administration's policies which must reflect a
broader range of responsibilities and priorities."
The Presidential response was given extensive press coverage with stories
appearing in the Washington Post, New York Times and through the wire
services appearing in newspaper and over radio stations throughout the
country. The general thrust of the stories was on the denial by the Pres-
ident of FCA recommendations.
FORD LIBRARY & GERALD
Fifty requests for copies of the annual report were received from House and
Senate Committee and members staff, University librarians and representa-
tives of the news media as well as national organizations on aging. Chair-
man Bertha Adkins was interviewed over a Philadelphia radio station on the
White House statement.
Development of National Policy for Frail Elderly
The FCA Committee on Economics of Aging and the Committee on Senior Services
both met during this month and worked further on the FCA priority of de-
veloping national policy recommendations regarding care of the frail elderly.
Putting their deliberations into very succinct terms: the Federal Council
on the Aging is working towards a social support svstem for the frail
elderly which would be a complement to the medical care system. The medical
care system would basically consist of care which had to be medically mon-
itored whether delivered in a hospital, nursing home or own residence. The
FCA will work further on recommendations for change in the "medical care
system" especially to improve conditions, facilities and access for the
poor and minority aged.
As a co-equal to the medical model, the "social support system" would be for
the frail older person whose needs were primarily of a psycho-social nature.
The services would be primarily social services with a vital health comp-
onent. The services package would be universally available to the target
group with the client definition likely to be tied to criteria such as "all
persons over the age of 75 or 80 who require or desire social care."
The basic set of services being considered is the following:
a. A thoroughly professional "diagnostic" prescriptive,
monitoring capability (used in a psycho-social rather
than medical sense.)
b. Case leadership and management capabilities.
c. The affording of the physical presence of
"another" in a flexible manner in accord with the
need of the frail person. Such a capability would
extend to the provision of funds when necessary to
purchase this "presence".
This social care system would be basically a public program using community-
sponsored non-profit agencies. It would consist of a Federal, State and
local network. Financing would be out of tax revenues not insurance with
matching arrangements from the various levels of government to be determined.
Most importantly, there would be universal entitlement for the client group
with individual cost-sharing on a self-declaration basis. Generally speak-
ing, no capital funding would be provided in this social care system but
start-up costs would be available.
This is only an initial hypothesis and the Council is working on many more
issues and tasks which must be addressed before their first draft national
policy recommendations will be ready for public airing. The FCA Committee
on Aging Research and Manpower is currently working on manpower needs and
defining the target group. The Council will receive all these Committee
status reports at their September 26-27 meeting.
Hearing on Older Women
A news release has been issued on the, FCA hearing on older women to be held
September 28th in Washington at the Sheraton Park hotel in conjunction with
the 25th anniversary meeting of the National Council on the Aging. The
hearing topic is "National Policy Concerns for Older Women". FCA staff is
working with the panel members appointed by Chairman Adkins to identify
particular issues which should be covered at the hearing and the names of
persons who should be invited to speak and/or submit statements which will
be included in the report on the hearing. To assist in this process, back-
ground materials were developed for FCA by Marlene Silverman of the AoA staff.
The general public will also be able to participate in the hearing dependent
on the number who can be scheduled during the three-hour period beginning at
2 p.m. on Sunday, September 28th. Written statements will be welcomed.
FCA staff has also been working with AoA and OMB staff ,on various means of
having Federal Executive Boards, HEW regional offices and State and local
units on Aging give special attention to the concerns and conditions of
older women during 1975.
Congressionally Mandated Studies
Representatives of The Urban Institute, which is conducting the study of the
interrelationships of eligibility for benefit programs, appeared before the
FCA Committee on Senior Services to provide a status report. The Committee
members asked to be involved in the determination of the four states from
which information will be sought about State-level benefit programs.
Economist Elizabeth Duskin will be serving as a consultant to the Federal
Council in regard to the study on the combined impact of all taxes on the
elderly. Mrs. Duskin met with the FCA Committee on the Economics of Aging
at their meeting on July 23-23. This Committee under the chairmanship of
Nelson Cruikshank has been delegated responsibility for oversight of this
project. The timing on this endeavor has always hinged on the availability
of data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey being conducted by the Census
Bureau for the Treasury Department. Hopefully, initial results will be
available soon and determining the extent of any meaningful study and find-
ings which the FCA will then be able to produce will be the main activity
of Mrs. Duskin.
Chairman's Activities-
Following up on a recommendation made by the Federal Council at their May
meeting, Chairman Bertha Adkins called on several members of the new House
Select Committee on Aging to discuss informally the work of the Council.
Staff Activities
Staff attended the hearing conducted by the Subcommittee on Health Main-
tenance and Long Term Care of the House Select Committee on Aging on
July 8th. The Executive Director participated in a meeting on Saturday,
July 26th of the advisory committee to the National Council on the Aging
of the National Institute on Aging concerning the development of the na-
tional research plan on aging. This group dealt with "service-oriented
research". Ms. Tavani was among those members criticizing the initial
outline which subsumed "income maintenance" under "services" instead of
as a separate research category.
As part of the celebration on July 14th marking the tenth anniversary of
the signing of the Older Americans Act, FCA Executive Director, Cleonice
Tavani received a Special Achievement Award "for outstanding leadership
in planning, directing and implementing the functional activities of the
Federal Council on the Aging."
Department Committee Management Activities
Material was submitted by the FCA Secretariat concerning the Responsi-
bilities for Maintenance Records under the Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L.
93-576)
The necessary paper work relevant to the renewal of the Charter which ex-
pires November 29, 1975 has been completed and the "package" now goes for
clearance through General Counsel's office, Department Committee Management
Office, and on for signature by HEW Secretary.
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Federal Council on the Aging
Monday, July 28, 1975
Freer ---- (202) 245-0441
Foster (202) 245-0443
FCA Hearing on Older Women to Mark International Women's Year
The Federal Council on the Aging will mark International Women's Year
1975 with a hearing on "National Policy Concerns for Older Women". It
will take place on September 28, 1975, at the Sheraton Park Hotel in con-
junction with the 25th anniversary meeting of the National Council on the
Aging, in Washington, D.C.
International Women's Year was established by a United Nations's Gen-
eral Assembly Resolution in December 1972. The main purposes of IWY are
to focus attention on the situation of women and on ways to improve it;
to activate concern for the equality of rights and opportunities for women
and men; and to promote action on behalf of women throughout the world so
as to ensure the participation of women at all levels of national and in-
ternational development.
In planning for the hearing in September, the Federal Council on the
Aging is working with the National Commission on International Women's
Year which was appointed by President Ford and is headed by Jill Ruckelshaus.
The FCA Hearing will focus on the needs and problems of the older woman,
as well as her contribution to life and society by assessing her perspectives,
experiences and values. A wide range of government and non-governmental wit-
ness will testify at the hearing which will be open to the public.
Bertha S. Adkins, Chairman of the Federal Council on the Aging will pre-
side at the hearing. Persons wishing to testify or present statements for
the record should contact: Cleonice Tavani, Executive Director, Federal
Council on the Aging, 400 Sixth St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
copy sent to
Cleo Tavani
7/25/75
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
I am transmitting herewith the Annual Report of the
Federal Council on Aging, together with my comments and
recommendations.
The Federal Council on the Aging was established by
the 1973 amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 to
advise and assist the President on matters relating to
the special needs of older Americans, and for other pur-
poses specified in the enabling legislation. Members of
the Federal Council on the Aging were confirmed by the
Senate on June 5, 1974.
As the annual report indicates, the Federal Council
on the Aging has undertaken a number of advocacy activities
pursuant to its legislated mandate. The report, as sub-
mitted to me by the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare for transmittal, does not include supporting data
or analysis which would provide the basis for a detailed
review of policy positions and recommendations.
Since the Council was only recently formed, the
Administration, on behalf of the Federal Council on the
Aging, has requested that the Congress authorize an
extension until January 1, 1976, of the date for submission
to the Congress of the two legislatively mandated studies.
One study calls for a review of the interrelationships
of all benefit programs -- Federal, State, local --- serving
the elderly. Such information could be useful to the
Executive Branch and the Congress to identify duplicative
and overlapping programs and to propose the necessary re-
forms so that our resources may be more effectively applied
to help those most in need.
A second study, dealing with the combined impact of
all taxes on the elderly, could also be helpful in deter-
mining the burdens and benefits of government actions as
they affect the Nation's elderly.
I look forward to the study reports to help us provide
an effective and economical delivery of services to our
elderly citizens.
The Council specifically recommends "legislative action
to develop high standards of safety and care in nursing
homes. " The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
has set high standards of nursing home care and safety that
must be met by nursing homes participating in the Medicare
and Medicaid programs. The enforcement of these standards
is one of my Administration's highest priorities. Federal
funds pay 100 percent of the costs of inspection to monitor
compliance with these standards. The Federal Government
pays its share of the costs of meeting nursing home standards
more
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
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through health care financing programs, primarily Medicare
and Medicaid. Financial assistance is also made available
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist
nursing homes in meeting selected fire safety standards.
The Council also expressed its concern about the level
of funding for programs to assist the elderly. I sympathize
with this concern, but I am determined to reduce the burden
of inflation on our older citizens, and that effort demands
that government spending be limited. Inflation is one of
the cruelest and most pervasive problems facing older Americans,
so many of whom live on fixed incomes. A reduction of inflation,
therefore, is in the best interests of all Americans and would
be of particular benefit to the aging.
The perspective and recommendations of this report
are limited to a particular area of interest and advocacy.
The report does not reflect the Administration's policies,
which must reflect a broader range of responsibilities and
priorities.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 24, 1975
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WP 7/25/75
Ford Rejects
Aging Unit's
Ford Disavows U.S. Report on Aged
Main Advice
By PHILIP SHABECOFF
He added, "The enforcement
vasive problems facing older
of those standards is one of
Americans, so many of whom
United Press International
Special to The New York Times
my Administration's highest
live on fixed incomes. A reduc-
President Ford yesterday
WASHINGTON, July 24-
sent to Congress a report from
President Ford diavowed today
priorities."
tion of inflation, therefore, is
However, the department re-
in the best interest of all Amer-
the new Federal Council on
a report by a Presidential coun-
portedly has prepared a study,
icans and would be of particu-
Aging, but he rejected the ad-
cil that charged his Administra-
scheduled to be released this
tion with "annarent lack of
lar benefit to the aging."
duce on our older citizens and that
effort demands that govern-
ment's spending be limited,"
NYT 7/25/75
the President said.
He called inflation "one of
the cruelest and most perva-
sive problems facing older
Americans," and said a reduc-
tion of it "would be of particu-
lar benefit" to the elderly.
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GERALD FORD LIBRARY
do not want to duplicate work of
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2
study to determine impact of all feall
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW NATIONAL POLICY CONCERNING THE FRAIL ELDERLY
The Federal Council on the Aging has adopted, as a major priority, the
development of national policy recommendations for that group among the
aging population which can be characterized as the "frail elderly". This
target group consists of persons, usually but not always over the age of
75, who require one or several supportive services in order to cope with
daily life. They are expected to become a sizable percentage of this
country's population well before the end of this century.
Concern is being expressed for this population in many quarters. They
comprise the major age grouping in nursing homes. Dissatisfaction with the
quality of care in a number of these institutions is responsible for the
veritable avalanche of proposals for improving institutional care -- and
possibly avoiding it with community-based alternatives.
The Federal Council on the Aging believes that there are no simple ap-
proaches to financing, planning and delivering a package of services to
these frail older persons. The Council does not necessarily conceive of
these as "health" services. Other major programmatic areas in the Federal
government such as social services, income and housing are equally involved.
The FCA has embarked on a process that will produce recommendations for
action by the Federal executive and legislative branches.
This process has and will involve a broad range of interested parties. A
seminar to which were invited national experts in the field was held on
March 13, 1975. Individual dialogue by FCA members and staff has been
initiated with gerontologists and other officials inside and outside govern-
ment. Special studies may be commissioned if the FCA feels they are needed.
Completed and ongoing related research efforts will be tapped for ideas.
This very document will be distributed to solicit recommendations using the
following outline which has been prepared by the Council's Task Force on
the Frail Elderly as a systematic means of obtaining information:
1.
POPULATION AT RISK
Can we achieve a public policy based on the hypothesis that there are
so many people so much at risk that at some certain point the program
of care gets "turned on"?
Are any one or several of the following the indicator of the population
how group? define defentify
at risk?
age, debility, income, race, sex, marital status, living arrange-
ment, milieu, geography.
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of
June 11, 1975
Federal Council on the Aging
2.
Can a basic set of services be determined?
Can there be a place where people can develop whatever is needed and
one's entitlement is access to that place that does whatever you need
rather than to an individual service (Morris personal services concept)?
Is intensity and level of the service a criteria?
Is geography a factor in delivery and availability?
Should services be age-only or multi-generational or both?
Are any one or several of the following the appropriate service package:
social casework, counseling, coordination, advocacy, brokering,
ombudsmanship and "benign oversight"
assessment: social, medical, etc.
reassessment
prescription, recommendation, plan
transportation
nutrition
maintenance: physical environment, personal support
3. SYSTEM OF SERVICES
What system should be developed to deliver the services?
How are roles of family and friends enhanced?
Should it be age oriented or multi-generational?
Should it be centralized or decentralized?
Should it be governmental - Federal, State, local?
Should it be regional or local jurisdiction
Should it be private - voluntary or proprietary?
Should it combine government and the private sectors?
Should it be categorical or generic?
Federal Council on the Aging
3.
Are one or several of the following elements of a system of services:
a. planning - coordination
b.
assuring service
C. delivery
d. monitoring
Should the system be built on the existing health care system (Medi-
care - Medicaid) or the multi-generational social services (Title XX)
or the aged-only services (Older Americans Act) or a new system?
How complex and broad can a system be and still work?
4. MANPOWER NEEDS
Are new types of personnel needed to operate services for the frail
elderly? How defined?
What numbers of personnel will be required?
What kind of short- and long-range training will be needed?
5.
SPONSORSHIP
Should the auspices or sponsorship of the system be any or several of
the following:
a.
public or private
b.
proprietary or non-profit
c.
health or social services system
d. national, state, sub-state, local
What should be the relationship between and among existing social and
health planning agencies?
What should be the role of the individual citizen including the con-
sumer, client, patient?
What are roles of family, relatives, friends?
Federal Council on the Aging
4.
6. BENEFIT - ENTITLEMENT
Should it be a categorically funded, generic program for a target group?
Should it be an entitlement tied to an individual?
Should it be an insurance program?
Should the individual participate in cost-sharing through a deductible,
co-insurance or a means test?
7. FUNDING - REIMBURSEMENT
Should there be provision for capital funding and start-up costs?
Should the services be financed through any or several of the following
measures:
general tax revenues
dedicated tax - trust fund - employer contribution
voluntary - mandatory
participation by consumer in premium payment
use of private insurance carrier
Federal - State - local match
voluntary funding
vendor - voucher
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direct payment to consumer
8. PHILOSOPHICAL RATIONALE
What services should the frail elderly have because they are citizens
and a population at risk? Are these services a right?
Can these basic assumptions be made: that these are services which
cannot be cashed out and that an income floor is guaranteed?
How can freedom of choice and self-determination be assured while at
the same time providing needed protection?
What should be the nature of filial responsibility?
Federal Council on the Aging
5.
What should be the nature of filial responsibility?
How can family involvement be enhanced?
How can universality and equal access be assured?
How can there be sensitivity to racial minority needs?
Are there special problems for frail older women?
How can the role and status of the frail elderly in society be maxi-
mized and enhanced regardless of their level of productivity?
Should need be the only criterion for service? Should age be the only
criterion for service?
How is quality of services monitored?
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 15, 1975
MEETING
WITH THE
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
Friday, May 16, 1975
12:15 - 12:30 p.m. (15 minutes)
The Cabinet Room
FORD is LIBRARY 938870
From: William J. Baroody, Jr.
Theodore C. Marrs I'm
I. PURPOSE
To meet and be photographed with the Federal Council on the Aging
during their convention, and to briefly discuss major issues concerning
the aging citizens.
II.
BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN
A. Background:
1. The Federal Council on the Aging was established by Public
Law 93-29, May 3, 1973. It is composed of fifteen members
appointed by the President for terms of three years. Members
are appointed so as to be representative of older Americans,
national organizations with an interest in the aging, business,
labor, and the general public. At least five of the members
must be older persons. The current membership includes
nine who are older persons.
The Council officially got underway with Senate approval
on June 5, 1974 of the fourteen persons nominated by the
President on March 27, 1974. A fifteenth member has been
added to complete the number called for by Public Law.
The Secretary of HEW and the Commissioner on Aging serve
as ex-officio members of the Council,
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2. The Council is commissioned to advise and assist the
President on matters relating to the special needs of older
Americans; to assist the Commissioner on Aging in making
an appraisal of the Nation's existing and future personnel
needs in the field of aging; to review and evaluate the impact
of Federal policies regarding the aging; to serve as a spokes-
man on behalf of older Americans by making recommendations
to the President, to the Secretary of HEW, the Commissioner
on Aging, and to the Congress with respect to Federal policy
and programs regarding the aging; to inform the public about
the problems and needs of the aging; and to provide public
forums for discussing and publicizing the problems and needs
of the aging.
3.
The Secretariat for the Federal Council on the Aging is
located in the Administration on Aging. It now consists of
four professional staff persons and two secretaries.
The Federal Council on the Aging budget for FY 1975 of
$500, 000 is provided as part of the Administration on Aging
budget. The President's FY 1976 budget proposes the same
level of funding, but creates a separate line item for the
Federal Council on the Aging.
4. During 1974 the Council set up three committees - the
Committee on Senior Services, the Committee on the
Economics of Aging, and the Committee on Research and
Manpower. At its March 13 - 15, 1975 meeting, a Task
Force on Services to the Frail Elderly was established.
Four meetings of the full Council and two meetings of each
of the three committees were held in 1974. A considerable
amount of time at both Council and Committee meetings in
1974 was devoted to learning about various Federal programs.
A wide variety of materials was assembled and distributed to
Council members as part of a general orientation to their
mission.
5. As directed by the Congress the Council has undertaken three
specific studies: (1) A study on State formulae for funding
programs under the Older Americans Act; (2) a study on
the interrelationships of benefit programs for the elderly
operated by Federal, State and local government agencies;
and (3) a study of the combined impact of all taxes on the
elderly.
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6. The Council plans to hold a hearing on the special problems
of older women on September 28, 1975, in Washington,
D. C., to mark International Women's Year.
7. The Council urges legislative action to develop high standards
of safety and care in nursing homes.
They have expressed to the President (letter dated December 9,
1974) their concern about the financial burden on the elderly
as a result of reductions proposed in the 1975 budget, citing
particularly the additional costs which would have to be borne
in relation to Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps.
The Council has expressed distress about lack of considera-
tion for the elderly as reflected in Administration proposals
for the 1976 budget, citing cutbacks in Federal monies for
social services and ceilings on benefit programs financed
from Social Insurance Trust funds.
B. Participants: A list is attached.
C. Press Plan: White House photographer.
III.
TALKING POINTS - To be provided by Paul Theis.
Attachment
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
Chairman - Bertha S. Adkins, of Oxford, Maryland. Former Under
Secretary of HEW.
Dorothy Louise Devereux, of Honolulu, Hawaii, former Member of the
Hawaii State House of Representatives,
Carl Eisdorfer, M.D. Ph. D., of Seattle, Washington. Professor and
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
University of Washington, past President of the Gerontological Society.
Charles J. Fahey, The Reverend Monsignor, of Syracuse, New York,
Director of the Catholic Charities for the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Syracuse and President elect of the American Association of Homes
for the Aging.
John B. Martin, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, former Commissioner on Aging,
Special Consultant to the American Association of Retired Persons and the
National Retired Teachers Association.
Frank B. Henderson, of Worthington, Pennsylvania, Director, Nutrition
Services, Armstrong County Community Action Agency.
Frell M. Owl, of Cherokee, North Carolina. Retired from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs; Member of the Indian Advisory Council of the United
States Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Professor and
Associate Director, School of Social Work, the University of Oklahoma.
Charles J. Turrisi, of Norfolk, Virginia, retired as General Superintendent
of Mails of Norfolk. He is legislative chairman for the Norfolk Chapters
of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the
American Association of Retired Persons.
Selden G. Hill, of Orlando, Florida, is a member of the Advisory Board
of the Florida State Division on Aging. He was Assistant Director of
the War Manpower Commission of the U.S. Civil Service Commission.
Nelson H. Cruikshank, of the District of Columbia, President, National
Council of Senior Citizens. Former Director of Department of Social
Security, AFL-CIO.
Sharon M. Fukii, of Santa Monica, California, Vice President of Geronto-
logical Planning Associates.
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Hobart C. Jackson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executive Vice
President, Stephen Smith Geriatric Center and Administrator
of the Stephen Smith Home for the Aged. Mr. Jackson was the
founder of the Caucus of the Black Aged and presently serves as
Chairman.
Garson Meyer, of Rochester, New York, former Chief Chemist,
Eastman Kodak and the President Emeritus of the National Council
Own
on the Aging.
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Bernard E. Nash, of Camp Springs, Maryland, Executive Director of
the National Retired Teachers Association and the American
Association of Retired Persons.
Ex-Officio Members
Stanley B. Thomas, Assistant Secretary for Human Development, HEW
Arthur S. Flemming, Commissioner on Aging, HEW
Staff of the Federal Council on the Aging
F. Richard Williams, Assistant to the Chairman
Cleonice Tavani, Executive Director
Robert M. Foster, Deputy Director
Alice B. Freer, Assistant to the Director
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CLEARANCE FORM FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH MATERIAL
TO:
THE PRESIDENT
VIA:
ROBERT HARTMANN
FROM:
PAUL A. THEIS
SUBJECT:
Talking points for the President's meeting
with the Federal Council on the Aging
TIME, DATE AND PLACE OF PRESIDENTIAL USE:
12:15 p.m., Friday, May 16, Cabinet Room
SPEECHWRITER: Butler
EDITED BY:
Theis
BASIC RESEARCH/SPEECH MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY:
Ted Marr's office, Pam Needham's office
CLEARED BY (Please initial):
( ) OPERATIONS (Rumsfeld)
( ) CONGRESSIONAL/PUBLIC LIAISON (Marsh)
( ) PRESS (Nessen)
( ) LEGAL (Buchen)
( ) ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD (Seidman)
( ) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (Lynn)
(X) DOMESTIC COUNCIL (Cannon) (Needham) PN (see changes)
( ) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (Scowcroft)
(X) RESEARCH (Waldron)
(x) JERRY WARREN (FYI)
( ) ENERGY RESOURCES COUNCIL (Zarb)
(X) Ted Marrs
( )
(Butler) PT
May 15, 1975
TALKING POINTS FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL ON
THE AGING, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1975
1. I'm happy to have this opportunity to meet with members of
the Federal Council on Aging. As you all know, the month of May has been
designated as Older Americans Month to call the Nation's attention to both
the concerns facing older Americans today and the contributions which
older Americans have made to our society over the years.
2. Your mission, as advocates for this very important segment of
our population, is growing in significance all the time. Although the Council
has been operating only about a year, you've already demonstrated your
effectiveness. I compliment you for the groundwork you have laid.
fully share your objectives.
3. My concern for older Americans is two-fold. First, I want to
make the greatest possible use of the resources of older Americans in finding
solutions to the problems that all Americans share in common. And second,
I want to do all that I possibly can for those older Americans who, because
of various circumstances, require our assistance in meeting their basic
needs -- for food, housing, medical care and so forth.
4. I've proposed an expenditure in each of the next two fiscal years
of $206 million for programs conducted under the Older Americans Act. This,
of course, is in addition to the funds for Social Security, Medicare, and
other such programs.
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5. Although I am well aware that you had recommended a higher level
of funding for the Older Americans Act programs -- a recommendation whose
objectives I share, I might note -- I am seeking another route -- one which I
believe will help our senior Americans more than anything else in this regard:
the restoration of a sound economy. And, as you know, that requires some
"belt-tightening."
6. As I've stated on a number of occasions, including my budget
we're he Looking at possible
message this year to the Congress, we're in the process of formulating
oposals for the reforms of our welfare system and our health care system --
with the needs of older Americans particularly in mind. At the same time,
White House
I have directed the/Domestic Council to prepare proposals concerning the
additional financing needs of our Social Security system -- to insure that the
program will work as well -- or better -- in the 21st century as it has done
in the 20th century. The system is financially secure now -- there's no
question about that, and we're going to make sure it stays that way.
7. Let me thank you again for the work you've done and for the work
ahead of you yet to be completed on behalf of America's older citizens. I
appreciate your efforts. I know these Americans to whom we owe as much
appreciate what you're doing for them.
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TALKING POINTS FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING
WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE AGING,
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1975
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I. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING.
AS YOU ALL
KNOW, THE MONTH OF MAY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS OLDER
AMERICANS MONTH TO CALL THE NATION'S ATTENTION TO BOTH THE
CONCERNS FACING OLDER AMERICANS TODAY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS
WHICH OLDER AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO OUR SOCIETY OVER THE YEARS.
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2. YOUR MISSION, AS ADVOCATES FOR THIS VERY
IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION, IS GROWING IN
SIGNIFICANCE ALL THE TIME.
ALTHOUGH THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN
OPERATING ONLY ABOUT A YEAR, YOU'VE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED YOUR
EFFECTIVENESS.
I COMPLIMENT YOU FOR THE GROUNDWORK YOU
HAVE LAID.
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3. MY CONCERN FOR OLDER AMERICANS IS TWO-FOLD.
FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE USE OF THE RESOURCES
OF OLDER AMERICANS IN FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT
ALL AMERICANS SHARE IN COMMON.
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AND SECOND, I WANT TO DO ALL THAT I POSSIBLY CAN FOR THOSE
OLDER AMERICANS WHO, BECAUSE OF VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES,
REQUIRE OUR ASSISTANCE IN MEETING THEIR BASIC NEEDS -- FOR
FOOD, HOUSING, MEDICAL CARE AND SO FORTH.
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4. I'VE PROPOSED AN EXPENDITURE IN EACH OF THE NEXT
TWO FISCAL YEARS OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS FOR
PROGRAMS CONDUCTED UNDER THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT. THIS,
OF COURSE, IS IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE, AND OTHER SUCH PROGRAMS.
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5. ALTHOUGH I AM WELL AWARE THAT YOU HAD
RECOMMENDED A HIGHER LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT PROGRAMS -- A RECOMMENDATION WHOSE OBJECTIVES I SHARE,
I MIGHT NOTE -- I AM SEEKING ANOTHER ROUTE -- ONE WHICH I
BELIEVE WILL HELP OUR SENIOR AMERICANS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
IN THIS REGARD:
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THE RESTORATION OF A SOUND ECONOMY.
AND, AS YOU KNOW,
THAT REQUIRES SOME "BELT-TIGHTENING."
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6. AS I'VE STATED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS,
INCLUDING MY BUDGET MESSAGE THIS YEAR TO THE CONGRESS, WE
WILL BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE REFORMS OF OUR WELFARE SYSTEM AND
OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- WITH THE NEEDS OF OLDER AMERICANS
PARTICULARLY IN MIND.
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AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE DIRECTED THE WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC
COUNCIL TO PREPARE PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE ADDITIONAL
FINANCING NEEDS OF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM -- TO INSURE THAT
THE PROGRAM WILL WORK WELL -- OR BETTER -- IN THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY AS IT HAS DONE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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THE SYSTEM IS FINANCIALLY SECURE NOW -- THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
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7.
LET ME THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK YOU'VE
DONE AND FOR THE WORK AHEAD OF YOU YET TO BE COMPLETED ON
BEHALF OF AMERICA'S OLDER CITIZENS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR
EFFORTS.
I KNOW THESE AMERICANS TO WHOM WE OWE SO MUCH
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THEM.
END OF POINTS
FORD is LIBRARY CERALD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 15, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
TED MARRS
FROM:
PAM NEEDHAM
SUBJECT:
President's Meeting with
Federal Council on the Aging
Attached for Paul Theis' use is a very sketchy
outline of points the President could make with the
Council.
The writers will certainly need to flesh them
out and add more prose.
--
Assure them of his deep and personal interest to the
problem of the Nation's elderly.
--
When the President met with a group of representatives of
Older Americans shortly after taking office, the over-
riding concern expressed by that group was about inflation.
--
Because of the seriousness of our economic problems the
President made that one of his top domestic priorities.
He is fully aware that in times of economic difficulty
the Older Americans are the ones that are hit the hardest.
Steps he has taken include:
-- holding down budget
-- proposing tax cut
-- signing tax bill to provide tax rebate, tax cut,
and raise in low-income allowance
--
The President's other top domestic priority this year is
to develop a major new energy program so that we regain
energy self-reliance.
-- Again, Older Americans are the ones that are af-
fected most when rising energy prices and scarce
resources drive up costs.
--
The President realizes that the Federal Council feels his
budget should have provided for a greater increase in
benefit and service programs for the elderly. He wishes
that such increases would have been possible too. But
unless Federal spending is cut and our economy healed,
the elderly will not be assured of the income security
they deserve.
--
As the President expressed in his budget message, he
believes that we need reforms of our welfare system
and of the way America pays for health care. That is
why his Administration is continuing to look at these
programs and hopes, as soon as the economy permits, to
present the necessary reform proposals.
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--
In the meantime, the Administration is continuing to
support the programs of the Older Americans Act, such as
the nutrition program for the elderly.
--
The President has proposed spending $206 million
for programs under the Older Americans Act in each
of the next two years.
-- Also, the President has directed that the Domestic Council
prepare proposals for his review concerning the
additional financing needs of our social security system.
--
He has assured the American people that social
security is in no danger of going bankrupt. He
has pointed out that the system is secure but that
in the long-run additional resources will be needed.
And he intends to propose the necessary measures to
guarantee the system's security into the 21st century.
suly
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 25, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAM NEEDHAM
FROM:
WILLIAM NICHOLSON Wain
SUB JECT:
President meeting with members of
the Federal Council on the Aging
I would appreciate your comments and recommendation on the
attached schedule request.
Thank you.
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picture session. Jed
the time down too.
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SCHEDULE PROPOSAL for
The President
Date: March 21, 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
From: Theodore C. Marr
WASHINGTON
Thru: William J. Baroody, Jr.
Via: Warren S. Rustand
MEETING:
The Federal Council on the Aging
DATE:
At the convenience of the President, May 15 and 16,
1975
PURPOSE:
To allow the President to meet and be photographed
with the Council members during their convention
and to briefly discuss major issues concerning the
aging.
FORMAT:
- location: The Oval Office or the Cabinet Room.
- participants: The 15 Presidential appointees to
the Federal Council on the Aging (list attached).
- expected length of participation: Open
15min
CABINET
PARTICIPATION: The Secretary of HEW.
SPEECH MATERIAL: To be provided by Theodore C. Marrs.
PRESS COVERAGE:
White House Photographer.
STAFF:
Theodore C. Marrs
RECOMMEND:
William J. Baroody, Jr.
James H. Cavanaugh
OPPOSED:
None,
PREVIOUS
PARTICIPATION: None.
BACKGROUND:
This Council which is established by law to advise
and assist the President on matters relating to the
special needs of older people would like to meet
with the President during their regular meeting
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to inform him of their findings and recommendations
and to discuss Federal policies regarding the aging,
as well as federally conducted or assisted programs
and other activities relating to or affecting the aging.
APPROVED
DISAPPROVED
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
Chairman - Bertha S. Adkins, of Oxford, Maryland. Former Under
Secretary of HEW.
Dorothy Louise Devereux, of Honolulu, Hawaii, former Member of the
Hawaii State House of Representatives.
Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., of Seattle, Washington. Professor and
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
University of Washington, past President of the Gerontological Society.
Charles J. Fahey, The Reverend Monsignor, of Syracuse, New York,
Director of the Catholic Charities for the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Syracuse and President elect of the American Association of Homes
for the Aging.
John B. Martin, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, former Commissioner on Aging,
Special Consultant to the American Association of Retired Persons and the
National Retired Teachers Association.
Frank B. Henderson, of Worthington, Pennsylvania, Director, Nutrition
Services, Armstrong County Community Action Agency.
Frell M. Owl, of Cherokee, North Carolina. Retired from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs; Member of the Indian Advisory Council of the United
States Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Professor and
Associate Director, School of Social Work, the University of Oklahoma.
Charles J. Turrisi, of Norfolk, Virginia, retired as General Superintendent
of Mails of Norfolk. He is legislative chairman for the Norfolk Chapters
of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the
American Association of Retired Persons.
Selden G. Hill, of Orlando, Florida, is a member of the Advisory Board
of the Florida State Division on Aging. He was Assistant Director of
the War Manpower Commission of the U.S. Civil Service Commission.
Nelson H. Cruikshank, of the District of Columbia, President, National
Council of Senior Citizens. Former Director of Department of Social
Security, AFL-CIO.
Sharon M. Fukii, of Santa Monica, California, Vice President of Geronto-
logical Planning Associates.
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Hobart C. Jackson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executive Vice
President, Stephen Smith Geriatric Center and Administrator
of the Stephen Smith Home for the Aged. Mr. Jackson was the
founder of the Caucus of the Black Aged and presently serves as
Chairman.
Garson Meyer, of Rochester, New York, former Chief Chemist,
Eastman Kodak and the President Emeritus of the National Council
on the Aging.
Bernard E. Nash, of Camp Springs, Maryland, Executive Director of
the National Retired Teachers Association and the American
Association of Retired Persons.
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MEMORANDUM FOR JAMES B. CAVANAUGH
Subject: Comments on the Annual Report of the Federal Council
on Aging and Mandated Studies
The Federal Council on Aging was established pursuant to the
Older Americans Act, P.L. 93-29, to advise and assist the
President on matters relating to the special needs of older
Americans. The Council is required to make an annual
report of its findings and recommendations to the President
not later than March 31 of each year. The President is
required to transmit each report together with his comments
and recommendations.
The statute, as amended, mandates the completion of two
studies by January 1976-one on the impact of taxes on
the elderly, and one on the interrelationships of benefit
programs serving the elderly. The statute requires
Presidential comments and recommendations on the "benefits"
study, but they are not necessary for the tax study. The
results of the tax study must be transmitted to the
Governors and legislatures of the States.
Since the annual report contains the study findings, we
recommend all three reports be transmitted simultaneously.
Attached is a synopsis of various subjects treated in the
annual report and comments with respect to present policy.
We recommend transmittal of the annual report and studies
as required by law. My staff has prepared draft transmittal
messages to the Congress and Governors.
(signed) Paul H. O'Neill
Paul H. O'Neill
Deputy Director
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
March 31, 1975
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20025
Dear Mr. President:
I have the honor to present to you the first annual report
of the Federal Council on the Aging.
The 1973 amendments to the Older Americans Act require the
Council to transmit our "findings and recommendations to the
President not later than March 31 of each year. The Presi-
dent shall transmit each such report to the Congress to-
gether with his comments and recommendations."
Since our appointment on June 5, 1974 as the first Federal
Council on the Aging, we have spent considerable time in
organizing ourselves to carry out the responsibilities given
us by the Congress. We have also spoken out on some of the
major issues affecting older Americans in these times.
In these few months of our existence, we have not been able
to produce extensive recommendations for this annual report.
However, we have become increasingly aware that the economic
plight of the elderly is of crisis proportions. Their
urgent humanitarian needs require special attention in
strategies by both the Executive and Legislative branches of
government to offset the effects of recession and inflation.
As the year proceeds, we shall be submitting reports to you,
the Congress, the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare and the Commissioner on Aging on various national
actions which we believe should be taken in behalf of older
persons. We anticipate that we shall be called upon when
issues affecting the elderly are being considered.
Sincerely,
Butha S. adkins
Bertha S. Adkins
Chairman
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
March 31, 1975
Annual Report to the President
The Federal Council on the Aging was created by the
Congress under provisions of the 1973 amendments to the
Older Americans Act, for the purpose of advising the Pre-
sident, the Secretary of the Department. of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, the Commissioner on Aging and the Con-
gress on matters relating to the special needs of older
Americans. Its establishment was an effort to respond to
a broader range of problems affecting the elderly than had
been possible within the scope of the predecessor body, the
Advisory Committee on Older Americans.
The Older Americans Act directs the Federal Council on
the Aging to perform the following functions:
1. Advise and assist the President on matters
relating to the special needs of older
Americans;
2. Assist the Commissioner in making the ap-
praisal of the Nation's existing and future
personnel needs in the field of aging;
3.
Review and evaluate the impact of Federal
policies regarding the aging and programs and
other activities affecting the aging conduct-
ed or assisted by all Federal departments and
agencies for the purpose of appraising their
value and their impact on the lives of older
Americans;
4. Serve as a spokesman on behalf of older Ameri-
cans by making recommendations to the Presi-
dent, to the Secretary, the Commissioner, and
to the Congress with respect to Federal poli-
cies regarding the aging and federally con-
ducted or assisted programs and other activi-
ties relating to or affecting them;
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5. Inform the public about the problems and needs
of the aging, in consultation with the Nation-
al Information and Resource Clearinghouse for
the Aging, by collecting and disseminating
information, conducting or commissioning stud-
ies and publishing the results thereof, and
by issuing publications and reports;
6. Provide public forums for discussing and
publicizing the problems and needs of the
aging and obtaining information relating
thereto by conducting public hearings, and
by conducting or sponsoring conferences,
workshops, and other such meetings.
MEMBERSHIP
The Council officially got underway with the approval
by the Senate on June 5, 1974 of the fourteen persons nomi-
nated by the President on March 27, 1974. A fifteenth
member has been added to the group to complete the number
called for by Section 205 of Public Law 93-29. The Secre-
tary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
and the Commissioner on Aging serve as ex-officio members
of the Council.
Nine members of the Council are themselves older per-
sons. They and the other members fully represent older
Americans, national organizations with an interest in aging,
business, labor, and the general public as called for in the
law. The Council roster is attached to this report.
COUNCIL SUPPORT
According to provisions of the Older Americans Act, the
Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare and the Commissioner on Aging are to make available
to the Council such staff, information, and other assistance
as it may require to carry out its activities. This is
done in a variety of ways.
The Secretariat for the Federal Council on the Aging is
located in the Administration on Aging. Initial staff was
provided by transfer of the Staff Director and her secretary
from the Advisory Committee on Older Americans. Three
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professional staff persons and a secretary have since been
added. Additional positions have been requested for FY 1976
when the Council expects to be operating at its full pace.
The placement of the Secretariat in AoA and the Office
of Human Development provides informal as well as formal
utilization of their staffs and supportive services. The
Committee Management office in the Office of the Secretary
aids in carrying out the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Various units within departments other than
HEW have given ready response to FCA requests for resource
speakers and materials.
Short-term employees and contractors have been utiliz-
ed to assist with certain FCA projects such as the Congres-
sionally-mandated studies. The FCA budget for FY 1975 of
$500,000 is provided as part of the AoA appropriation. The
President's FY 1976 budget proposes the same level of fund-
ing as the previous year, but creates a separate line item
for the FCA.
COUNCIL MANAGEMENT
Four meetings of the full Council and two meetings of
each of the three committees were held in 1974. Establish-
ing these three sub-units of the Council was an effort to
categorize and facilitate work on the sizable assignment
given by the Congress. The Committee on Senior Services is
headed by John Martin, former Commissioner on Aging. Nelson
Cruikshank, President of the National Council of Senior
Citizens and member of several advisory councils to the
Social Security Administration chairs the Committee on the
Economics of Aging. A past President of the Gerontological
Society and head of the Department of Psychiatry at the
University of Washington, Carl Eisdorfer, chairs the Com-
mittee on Research and Manpower in the field of aging.
These Committee groupings are not seen as permanent and will
be rearranged from time to time to fit FCA priorities.
At its March 13-15 meeting, a Task Force on Services to the
Frail Elderly was established with Monsignor Charles Fahey
as Chairman. This group will develop a strategy for Council
action to bring to national attention the vast number of
public policy questions that should be considered for that
group of older persons who require some kind of continuing
intervention by society.
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In addition to operational conditions and requirements
set by its own legislation, the FCA is governed by the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. Complying with this law
and its regulations as set forth by HEW and the Office of
Management and Budget, the following actions have been
taken and procedures established:
*All Council and Committee meetings are open to the
public with advance notice in the Federal Register. Fif-
teen to twenty-five persons usually attend Council meetings
as observers.
*About 150 notices of each Council meeting are being
sent to national organizations in the field of aging, Fed-
eral and State government officials, members of the Congress
and their staffs and individual citizens.
*Minutes of the Council and Committee meetings are dis-
tributed to the public upon request.
*Minutes and all other documents relevant to Council
official actions are maintained in the office of the FCA
Secretariat and are available for public inspection and
copying. Copies are available under provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act.
*Reports on Council activities appear regularly in
AGING magazine and press releases are prepared on all
major Council actions.
COUNCIL ORIENTATION
As a new entity concerned with developing priorities out
of the broad mandate given by the Congress, the Federal
Council devoted a considerable amount of time at both
Council and Committee meetings in 1974 to learn
about various Federal programs from the officials involved.
They heard from the Commissioner on Aging and Commissioner
of the Social Security Administration as well as representa-
tives of various units within the Administration on Aging,
the Office of Research and Statistics of the Social Securi-
ty Administration, the Assistant Secretary for Human
Development, staff of the Senate Special Committee on Aging,
HEW Office of Nursing Home Affairs, the National Institute
of Health and the Department of Labor.
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A wide variety of materials was assembled and distri-
buted to Council members as part of a general orientation to
their mission.
CONGRESSIONAL STUDIES
As described earlier in this report, the Congress direct-
ed that the Council should undertake three specific studies.
A study on State formulae for funding programs under the
Older Americans Act was carried out by an outside contractor
under the supervision of the FCA Committee on Senior Services.
At the December meeting of the Council, recommendations
proposing changes in the State formulae based on the study
were proposed by the Committee and adopted by the Council at
its December 5-6 meeting. As called for in the Act, a report
containing the recommendations of the Council and relevant
parts of the study was submitted on December 30, 1974 to the
Commissioner on Aging, the Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the
Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House
of Representatives.
At the request of the Commissioner on Aging, the scope
of the Formulae study had been expanded beyond the effects
of the formulae specified in Section 303 to include the fund-
ing of planning, coordination, evaluation and administration
of State plans in Section 306 and the funding of nutrition
programs in Section 703. The major, FCA recommendation was
that the factor of "the population aged 60 or over who are
living in poor households" should be added to the factor of
the number of State residents aged 60 or over in all the
present State allotment formulae in the Older Americans Act.
Several recommendations were also made concerning increases
and modifications in State administrative funding.
On January 31, 1975, Chairman Bertha Adkins testified
at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Select Education of the
House Committee on Education and Labor to extend the Compre-
hensive Older Americans Services amendments. Ms. Adkins
outlined the Council formulae recommendations and asked that
the full report be included in the record. However, the
Hearing Report, issued by the House Committee on Education and
Labor on March 14, 1975 to accompany H.R. 3922, the "Older
Americans Amendments of 1975", has no mention of the FCA recom-
mendations nor of any changes in State allotment formulae.
The Council has directed the Chairman to press for considera-
tion of their recommendations by the Senate as they review
extension of the Older Americans Act.
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Work is underway on the two other studies mandated by
the Congress. These were to have been completed by Janu-
ary 1, 1975 but, with the delay in processing FCA member-
ship, postponement for one year has been requested in S.599
introduced in the Senate 2-7-75.
The study on the interrelationships of benefit programs
for the elderly operated by Federal, State and local govern-
ment agencies will be carried out by outside contractors.
The work statement has been developed by FCA staff, in con-
cert with FCA members, out of contacts with a wide range
experts in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
There have also been several consultations with the staff of
the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy of the Joint Economic
Committee of the Congress. The Request for Proposals (RFP)
from bidders on this was published in the Commerce and Busi-
ness daily the week of March 4, 1975.
The study of the combined impact of all taxes on the
elderly has been assigned to the FCAs Committee on the Econo-
mics of Aging. There has been consultation with governmental
and nongovernmental sources on obtaining basic data on tax
expenditures of the elderly. The Census Bureau has been
developing material for the Treasury Department which seems
to be the most pertinent. The availability of these data is
determining the pace of FCA actions on this Congressional
mandate.
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Since confirmation of its members by the Senate in June
1974, the Council has attempted to carry out the goals set
for it by Congress, namely, to speak out for the older citi-
zens of this nation at the Federal level.
Positions have been taken on a number of matters and
communicated to the President, the Congress, the Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare, other Federal officials
and the general public. As a result of the September 10-11,
1974 meeting, recommendations were made to the President and
to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the
Commissioner on Aging concerning:
Setting the Intermediate Budget level of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics for older retired
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persons as the standard for national income policy
for older Americans, (in autumn of 1973 this
figure was $5,414 U.S. average for retired urban
couples) ;
Giving appropriate attention to the employment of
persons 55 years of age or older in implementing
the Comprehensive Employment Training Act with
regulations providing for projects for the elder-
ly;
Funding of senior employment programs under Title
IX of the Older Americans Act.
Maintaining the level of funding for Senior
Opportunities and Services in order to meet the
needs of the elderly for social services, in any
pending legislation affecting OEO programs.
Urging the continuation of the back-up function
providing research support for legal services
programs for the elderly as part of the mission of
the Legal Services Corporation.
Provide legal services for the elderly in all
community programs conducted under the auspices of
the Legal Services Corporation.
Nominate to the board of the Legal Services
Corporation persons fully representing the multi-
faceted legal services needs of the elderly.
Following the December 5-6 meeting, the Council express-
ed to the the President and to the Congress their deep concern
about the financial burden that would fall on the elderly as
a result of proposed FY 1975 budgets cuts, in particular,
the additional costs that would have to be borne by the aged
in relation to Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps.
Roy Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget
responded for the President, acknowledging awareness of the
Council's concern. Mr. Ash stated that benefits for those
in need, including the elderly, would rise substantially
over FY 1974 in FY '75. However, his data included monies
from Social Insurance Trust funds.
Strong opposition to the Holt - Helms amendments to
Labor-HEW appropriations Bill was expressed to Congress by
the Council, terming the amendments an impediment to im-
proving the status of older women and minority group members.
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The Council also took action at its December meeting,
in letters to the President, the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare and other Administration officials, endors-
ing the concept of a World Assembly on Aging, possibly in
conjunction with a World Year on the Aging under the auspices
of the United Nations. Favorable reaction was received from
the White House, the Department of State and DHEW, to such
an assembly. However, the State Department reported that in
their subsequent inquiries, negative responses were received
from countries belonging to the United Nations Commission
for Social Development. The State Department suggested the
Federal Council might want to pursue the idea of a conference
outside the U.N. framework for non-governmental agencies in
the more developed countries. This avenue will be given
further consideration by the FCA.
As directed by the Older Americans Act provisions regard-
ing the Federal Council, two hearings were conducted during
1974 to "provide public forums for discussing and publici-
zing the problems and needs of the aging". A hearing con-
ducted by the Council's Committee on Aging Research and Man-
power was held on October 31st in Portland, Oregon. The
date and location were chosen to coincide with the combined
annual meeting of the Gerontological Society and the American
Geriatrics Society. Leading gerontologists were asked to
provide their assessments of research activities in the
field of aging to give guidance to the Federal Council on the
Aging in their monitoring responsibilities relative to Feder-
al research programs.
The second hearing was conducted by the Committee on
Senior Services as part of the development of the recommen-
dations regarding revisions to State formulae for funding
programs of the Older Americans Act. Only a few State agen-
cies on aging were able to send representatives to Washington
but many more provided valuable written comments which were
included in the final report of the Council.
The Council plans to hold a hearing on the special
problems of older women on September 28, 1975 in Washington,
D.C. to mark International Women's Year. The hearing will take
place just before the opening of the 25th Annual Meeting of
the National Council on the Aging and will be held in cooper-
ation with that organization. The hearing is to focus on
the frail older woman and her special problems in maintain-
ing independence.
As part of the general responsibility of the Federal
Council on the Aging to make the public more aware of the
needs and contributions of older Americans, the Chairman
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participated in a number of activities. Her major engage-
ments included:
Moderator of ten television programs produced
by the Administration on Aging for the NBC
"Knőwledge" series.
Rapporteur for the section on the Elderly at
the HEW - Congressional Conference on Infla-
tion on Health, Education, and Income Security
and Social Services.
Speaker at the Massachusetts Department of
Elder Affairs national conference entitled "Old
Age -- A New Look"
COUNCIL AGENDA - 1975
Developing priorities for the Federal Council on the
Aging, aside from the specific assignments given by Congress,
has been a difficult task. There are so many matters afffect-
ing the elderly that demand attention at the national level.
The Federal Council does not want to be a passive advisory
body but neither does it want to be a chatterbox for super-
ficial criticisms and proposals nor just an endorser of what
others say about older Americans.
While there will be continued work on short-range and
mid-range problems and observations on the implementation of
Federal laws and programs, it was determined at the December
meeting to focus on two long-range matters affecting the
elderly that are not yet receiving the prominence of national
policy debate which they deserve.
The target group has been narrowed to persons usually
but not always over the age of 75 who require one or several
supportive services in order to cope with daily life. They
are expected to become a sizable percentage of this country's
population well before the end of this century.
Concern is being expressed today for this population in
many quarters. They comprise the major age grouping in
nursing homes. Dissatisfaction with the quality of care in
a number of these institutions is responsible for the veri-
table avalanche of proposals both for improving institutional
care -- and possibly avoiding it with community-based alter-
natives.
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The Federal Council believes that there are no simple
approaches to financing, planning and delivering a package
of services to these frail older persons. The FCA has embarked
on the development of a process that will identify some of the
national policy questions that should be addressed. These
questions will then be put before the general public for debate
and discussion with particular input from older persons them-
selves, the helping professions and policy-makers. Actions
already undertaken includes the holding of a seminar at the
March 13-15 meeting of the Federal Council and the development
of a Task Force on Services To the Frail Elderly.
At the March meeting, the Council also invited Adminis-
tration officials to share their thinking on the second priori-
ty of the FCA. It is important that an income assurance sys-
tem for this nation's elderly be developed which successfully
integrates Supplemental Security Income, Social Security pay-
ments, private pensions with appropriate Federal safeguards
and other private income sources. The Council wants all older
persons to have a solid income flow but it is imperative that
financial security be assured to the most vulnerable and
fragile of the nation's elders.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Council urges legislative action to develop high
standards of safety and care in nursing homes. At the same
time, it is essential that assistance be provided to enable
facilities to meet such standards especially those homes
serving minorities and the poor.
In a letter to the President on December 9, 1974 the
Federal Council on the Aging expressed its deep concern about
the financial burden that would fall upon the elderly as a
result of the reductions proposed in the 1975 budget. In
particular, the Council cited the additional costs that would
have to be borne by the aged in relation to such programs as
Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps.
We continue to be distressed about the apparent lack of
consideration for the economic plight of the elderly as re-
flected in Administration proposals for the 1976 Fiscal Year
Budget. Cutbacks in Federal monies for social services for
the elderly and ceilings on benefit programs financed from
Social Insurance Trust funds are particularly burdensome to
this age group. Many of their financial assets are tied to
fixed sources while their needs are mobile.
We recommend that the President reconsider the serious
effect of these fiscal proposals on the elderly of this
Nation with their urgent humanitarian needs.
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ROSTER
Chairman
Executive Director
Bertha S. Adkins
Cleonice Tavani
Federal Council on the Aging
Room 4022, Donohoe Building
400 - 6th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Members of the Council
For a term of one year (to 6-5-75) :
Bertha S. Adkins, of Oxford, Maryland, former Under Secre-
tary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Dorothy Louise Devereux, of Honolulu, Hawaii, former Member
of the Hawaii State House of Representatives.
Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., of Seattle, Washington, Pro-
fessor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, University of Washington and Past President of
the Gerontological Society.
Charles J. Fahey, The Reverend Monsignor, of Syracuse, New
York, Director of the Catholic Charities for the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Syracuse and President-Elect of the
American Association of Homes for the Aging.
John B. Martin, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, former Commission-
er on Aging, Special Consultant to the American Association
of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Asso-
ciation.
For a term of two years (to 6-5-76) :
Frank B. Henderson, of Worthington, Pennsylvania, Director,
Nutrition Services, Armstrong County Community Action
Agency.
Frell M. Owl, of Cherokee, North Carolina, Retired from
the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Member of the Indian Advisory
Council of the United States Senate Special Committee on
Aging.
Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Pro-
fessor and Associate Director, School of Social Work, the
University of Oklahoma.
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Charles J. Turrisi, of Norfolk, Virginia, retired as
General Superintendent of Mails of Norfolk. He is legis-
lative chairman for the Norfolk Chapters of the National
Association of Retired Federal Employees and the American
Association of Retired Persons.
Selden G. Hill, of Orlando, Florida, is a member of the
Advisory Board of the Florida State Division on Aging. He
was Assistant Director of the War Manpower Commission of
the U.S. Civil Service Commissioner.
For a term of three years (to 6-5-75) :
Nelson Hale Cruikshank, of the District of Columbia, Presi-
dent, National Council of Senior Citizens. Former Director
of Department of Social Security, AFL-CIO.
Sharon Masaye Fujii, of Santa Monica, California, Vice
President of Gerontological Planning Associates.
Hobart C. Jackson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executive
Vice President Stephen Smith Geriatric Center and Admini-
strator of the Stephen Smith Home for the Aged. Mr. Jackson
was the founder of the Caucus of the Black Aged and present-
ly serves as Chairman.
Garson Meyer, of Rochester, New York, former Chief Chemist,
Eastman Kodak and the President Emeritus of the National
Council on the Aging.
Bernard E. Nash, of Camp Springs, Maryland, Executive Direc-
tor of the National Retired Teachers Association and the
American Association of Retired Persons.
Ex-Officio Members
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Commissioner on Aging
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
MEMORANDUM
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March 31, 1975
FROM : F. RICHARD WILLIAMS
ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN
SUBJECT: Annual Report to the President
(Public Law 93-29, May 3, 1973)
(Section 205 (d) (6) (f)
Copy of Annual Report of the Federal Council
for your information.
If any additional information is desired call
245-0443.
Dich
F. R. Williams
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
FOR: JAMES H. CAVANAUGH, Ph. D.
Dear Jim:
I have a feeling that there would be some merit in
having the Council walk by and shake the hand of the
President. After all it is his Council.
The next meeting will be May 15-16.
Rn.
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
March 31, 1975
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20025
Dear Mr. President:
I have the honor to present to you the first annual report
of the Federal Council on the Aging.
The 1973 amendments to the Older Americans Act require the
Council to transmit our "findings and recommendations to the
President not later than March 31 of each year. The Presi-
dent shall transmit each such report to the Congress to-
gether with his comments and recommendations."
Since our appointment on June 5, 1974 as the first Federal
Council on the Aging, we have spent considerable time in
organizing ourselves to carry out the responsibilities given
us by the Congress. We have also spoken out on some of the
major issues affecting older Americans in these times.
In these few months of our existence, we have not been able
to produce extensive recommendations for this annual report.
However, we have become increasingly aware that the economic
plight of the elderly is of crisis proportions. Their
urgent humanitarian needs require special attention in
strategies by both the Executive and Legislative branches of
government of offset the effects of recession and inflation.
As the year proceeds, we shall be submitting reports to you,
the Congress, the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare and the Commissioner on Aging on various national
actions which we believe should be taken in behalf of older
persons. We anticipate that we shall be called upon when
issues affecting the elderly are being considered.
Sincerely,
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Bertha S. Adkins
Chairman
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
March 31, 1975
Annual Report to the President
The Federal Council on the Aging was created by the
Congress under provisions of the 1973 amendments to the
Older Americans Act, for the purpose of advising the Pre-
sident, the Secretary of the Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, the Commissioner on Aging and the Con-
gress on matters relating to the special needs of older
Americans. Its establishment was an effort to respond to
a broader range of problems affecting the elderly than had
been possible within the scope of the predecessor body, the
Advisory Committee on Older Americans.
The Older Americans Act directs the Federal Council on
the Aging to perform the following functions:
1. Advise and assist the President on matters
relating to the special needs of older
Americans;
2. Assist the Commissioner in making the ap-
praisal of the Nation's existing and future
personnel needs in the field of aging;
3. Review and evaluate the impact of Federal
policies regarding the aging and programs and
other activities affecting the aging conduct-
ed or assisted by all Federal departments and
agencies for the purpose of appraising their
value and their impact on the lives of older
Americans;
4. Serve as a spokesman on behalf of older Ameri-
cans by making recommendations to the Presi-
dent, to the Secretary, the Commissioner, and
to the Congress with respect to Federal poli-
cies regarding the aging and federally con-
ducted or assisted programs and other activi-
ties relating to or affecting them;
2.
5. Inform the public about the problems and needs
of the aging, in consultation with the Nation-
al Information and Resource Clearinghouse for
the Aging, by collecting and disseminating
information, conducting or commissioning stud-
ies and publishing the results thereof, and
by issuing publications and reports;
6. Provide public forums for discussing and
publicizing the problems and needs of the
aging and obtaining information relating
thereto by conducting public hearings, and
by conducting or sponsoring conferences,
workshops, and other such meetings.
MEMBERSHIP
The Council officially got underway with the approval
by the Senate on June 5, 1974 of the fourteen persons nomi-
nated by the President on March 27, 1974. A fifteenth
member has been added to the group to complete the number
called for by Section 205 of Public Law 93-29. The Secre-
tary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
and the Commissioner on Aging serve as ex-officio members
of the Council.
Nine members of the Council are themselves older per-
sons. They and the other members fully represent older
Americans, national organizations with an interest in aging,
business, labor, and the general public as called for in the
law. The Council roster is attached to this report.
COUNCIL SUPPORT
According to provisions of the Older Americans Act, the
Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare and the Commissioner on Aging are to make available
to the Council such staff, information, and other assistance
as it may require to carry out its activities. This is
done in a variety of ways.
The Secretariat for the Federal Council on the Aging is
located in the Administration on Aging. Initial staff was
provided by transfer of the Staff Director and her secretary
from the Advisory Committee on Older Americans. Three
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professional staff persons and a secretary have since been
added. Additional positions have been requested for FY 1976
when the Council expects to be operating at its full pace.
The placement of the Secretariat in AoA and the Office
of Human Development provides informal as well as formal
utilization of their staffs and supportive services. The
Committee Management office in the Office of the Secretary
aids in carrying out the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Various units within departments other than
HEW have given ready response to FCA requests for resource
speakers and materials.
Short-term employees and contractors have been utiliz-
ed to assist with certain FCA projects such as the Congres-
sionally-mandated studies. The FCA budget for FY 1975 of
$500,000 is provided as part of the AoA appropriation. The
President's FY 1976 budget proposes the same level of fund-
ing as the previous year, but creates a separate line item
for the FCA.
COUNCIL MANAGEMENT
Four meetings of the full Council and two meetings of
each of the three committees were held in 1974. Establish-
ing these three sub-units of the Council was an effort to
categorize and facilitate work on the sizable assignment
given by the Congress. The Committee on Senior Services is
headed by John Martin, former Commissioner on Aging. Nelson
Cruikshank, President of the National Council of Senior
Citizens and member of several advisory councils to the
Social Security Administration chairs the Committee on the
Economics of Aging. A past President of the Gerontological
Society and head of the Department of Psychiatry at the
University of Washington, Carl Eisdorfer, chairs the Com-
mittee on Research and Manpower in the field of aging.
These Committee groupings are not seen as permanent and will
be rearranged from time to time to fit FCA priorities.
At its March 13-15 meeting, a Task Force on Services to the
Frail Elderly was established with Monsignor Charles Fahey
as Chairman. This group will develop a strategy for Council
action to bring to national attention the vast number of
public policy questions that should be considered for that
group of older persons who require some kind of continuing
intervention by society.
4.
In addition to operational conditions and requirements
set by its own legislation, the FCA is governed by the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. Complying with this law
and its regulations as set forth by HEW and the Office of
Management and Budget, the following actions have been
taken and procedures established:
*All Council and Committee meetings are open to the
public with advance notice in the Federal Register. Fif-
teen to twenty-five persons usually attend Council meetings
as observers.
*About 150 notices of each Council meeting are being
sent to national organizations in the field of aging, Fed-
eral and State government officials, members of the Congress
and their staffs and individual citizens.
*Minutes of the Council and Committee meetings are dis-
tributed to the public upon request.
*Minutes and all other documents relevant to Council
official actions are maintained in the office of the FCA
Secretariat and are available for public inspection and
copying. Copies are available under provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act.
*Reports on Council activities appear regularly in
AGING magazine and press releases are prepared on all
major Council actions.
COUNCIL ORIENTATION
As a new entity concerned with developing priorities out
of the broad mandate given by the Congress, the Federal
Council devoted a considerable amount of time at both
Council and Committee meetings in 1974 to learn
about various Federal programs from the officials involved.
They heard from the Commissioner on Aging and Commissioner
of the Social Security Administration as well as representa-
tives of various units within the Administration on Aging,
the Office of Research and Statistics of the Social Securi-
ty Administration, the Assistant Secretary for Human
Development, staff of the Senate Special Committee on Aging,
HEW Office of Nursing Home Affairs, the National Institute
of Health and the Department of Labor.
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A wide variety of materials was assembled and distri-
buted to Council members as part of a general orientation to
their mission.
CONGRESSIONAL STUDIES
As described earlier in this report, the Congress direct-
ed that the Council should undertake three specific studies.
A study on State formulae for funding programs under the
Older Americans Act was carried out by an outside contractor
under the supervision of the FCA Committee on Senior Services.
At the December meeting of the Council, recommendations
proposing changes in the State formulae based on the study
were proposed by the Committee and adopted by the Council at
its December 5-6 meeting. As called for in the Act, a report
containing the recommendations of the Council and relevant
parts of the study was submitted on December 30, 1974 to the
Commissioner on Aging, the Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the
Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House
of Representatives.
At the request of the Commissioner on Aging, the scope
of the Formulae study had been expanded beyond the effects
of the formulae specified in Section 303 to include the fund-
ing of planning, coordination, evaluation and administration
of State plans in Section 306 and the funding of nutrition
programs in Section 703. The major FCA recommendation was
that the factor of "the population aged 60 or over who are
living in poor households" should be added to the factor of
the number of State residents aged 60 or over in all the
present State allotment formulae in the Older Americans Act.
Several recommendations were also made concerning increases
and modifications in State administrative funding.
On January 31, 1975, Chairman Bertha Adkins testified
at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Select Education of the
House Committee on Education and Labor to extend the Compre-
hensive Older Americans Services amendments. Ms. Adkins
outlined the Council formulae recommendations and asked that
the full report be included in the record. However, the
Hearing Report, issued by the House Committee on Education and
Labor on March 14, 1975 to accompany H.R. 3922, the "Older
Americans Amendments of 1975", has no mention of the FCA recom-
mendations nor of any changes in State allotment formulae.
The Council has directed the Chairman to press for considera-
tion of their recommendations by the Senate as they review
extension of the Older Americans Act.
6.
Work is underway on the two other studies mandated by
the Congress. These were to have been completed by Janu-
ary 1, 1975 but, with the delay in processing FCA member-
ship, postponement for one year has been requested in S.599
introduced in the Senate 2-7-75.
The study on the interrelationships of benefit programs
for the elderly operated by Federal, State and local govern-
ment agencies will be carried out by outside contractors.
The work statement has been developed by FCA staff, in con-
cert with FCA members, out of contacts with a wide range
experts in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
There have also been several consultations with the staff of
the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy of the Joint Economic
Committee of the Congress. The Request for Proposals (RFP)
from bidders on this was published in the Commerce and Busi-
ness daily the week of March 4, 1975.
The study of the combined impact of all taxes on the
elderly has been assigned to the FCAs Committee on the Econo-
mics of Aging. There has been consultation with governmental
and nongovernmental sources on obtaining basic data on tax
expenditures of the elderly. The Census Bureau has been
developing material for the Treasury Department which seems
to be the most pertinent. The availability of these data is
determining the pace of FCA actions on this Congressional
mandate.
POLICY POSITIONS
Since confirmation of its members by the Senate in June
1974, the Council has attempted to carry out the goals set
for it by Congress, namely, to speak out for the older citi-
zens of this nation at the Federal level.
Positions have been taken on a number of matters and
communicated to the President, the Congress, the Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare, other Federal officials
and the general public. As a result of the September 10-11,
1974 meeting, recommendations were made to the President and
to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the
Commissioner on Aging concerning:
Setting the Intermediate Budget level of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics for older retired
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persons as the standard for national income policy
for older Americans, (in autumn of 1973 this
figure was $5,414 U.S. average for retired urban
couples);
Giving appropriate attention to the employment of
persons 55 years of age or older in implementing
the Comprehensive Employment Training Act with
regulations providing for projects for the elder-
ly;
Funding of senior employment programs under Title
IX of the Older Americans Act.
Maintaining the level of funding for Senior
Opportunities and Services in order to meet the
needs of the elderly for social services, in any
pending legislation affecting OEO programs.
Urging the continuation of the back-up function
providing research support for legal services
programs for the elderly as part of the mission of
the Legal Services Corporation.
Provide legal services for the elderly in all
community programs conducted under the auspices of
the Legal Services Corporation.
Nominate to the board of the Legal Services
Corporation persons fully representing the multi-
faceted legal services needs of the elderly.
Following the December 5-6 meeting, the Council express-
ed to the the President and to the Congress their deep concern
about the financial burden that would fall on the elderly as
a result of proposed FY 1975 budgets cuts, in particular,
the additional costs that would have to be borne by the aged
in relation to Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps.
Roy Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget
responded for the President, acknowledging awareness of the
Council's concern. Mr. Ash stated that benefits for those
in need, including the elderly, would rise substantially
over FY 1974 in FY '75. However, his data included monies
from Social Insurance Trust funds.
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Strong opposition to the Holt - Helms amendments to
Labor-HEW appropriations Bill was expressed to Congress by
the Council, terming the amendments an impediment to im-
proving the status of older women and minority group members.
The Council also took action at its December meeting,
in letters to the President, the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare and other Administration officials, endors-
ing the concept of a World Assembly on Aging, possibly in
conjunction with a World Year on the Aging under the auspices
of the United Nations. Favorable reaction was received from
the White House, the Department of State and DHEW, to such
an assembly. However, the State Department reported that in
their subsequent inquiries, negative responses were received
from countries belonging to the United Nations Commission
for Social Development. The State Department suggested the
Federal Council might want to pursue the idea of a conference
outside the U.N. framework for non-governmental agencies in
the more developed countries. This avenue will be given
further consideration by the FCA.
As directed by the Older Americans Act provisions regard-
ing the Federal Council, two hearings were conducted during
1974 to "provide public forums for discussing and publici-
zing the problems and needs of the aging". A hearing con-
ducted by the Council's Committee on Aging Research and Man-
power was held on October 31st in Portland, Oregon. The
date and location were chosen to coincide with the combined
annual meeting of the Gerontological Society and the American
Geriatrics Society. Leading gerontologists were asked to
provide their assessments of research activities in the
field of aging to give guidance to the Federal Council on the
Aging in their monitoring responsibilities relative to Feder-
al research programs.
The second hearing was conducted by the Committee on
Senior Services as part of the development of the recommen-
dations regarding revisions to State formulae for funding
programs of the Older Americans Act. Only a few State agen-
cies on aging were able to send representatives to Washington
but many more provided valuable written comments which were
included in the final report of the Council.
The Council plans to hold a hearing on the special
problems of older women on September 28, 1975 in Washington,
D.C. to mark International Women's Year. The hearing will take
place just before the opening of the 25th Annual Meeting of
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the National Council on the Aging and will be held in cooper-
ation with that organization. The hearing is to focus on
the frail older woman and her special problems in maintain-
ing independence.
As part of the general responsibility of the Federal
Council on the Aging to make the public more aware of the
needs and contributions of older Americans, the Chairman
participated in a number of activities. Her major engage-
ments included:
Moderator of ten television programs produced
by the Administration on Aging for the NBC
"Knowledge" series.
Rapporteur for the section on the Elderly at
the HEW - Congressional Conference on Infla-
tion on Health, Education, and Income Security
and Social Services.
Speaker at the Massachusetts Department of
Elder Affairs national conference entitled "Old
Age -- A New Look".
COUNCIL AGENDA - 1975
Developing priorities for the Federal Council on the
Aging, aside from the specific assignments given by Congress,
has been a difficult task. There are SO many matters afffect-
ing the elderly that demand attention at the national level.
The Federal Council does not want to be a passive advisory
body but neither does it want to be a chatterbox for super-
ficial criticisms and proposals nor just an endorser of what
others say about older Americans.
While there will be continued work on short-range and
mid-range problems and observations on the implementation of
Federal laws and programs, it was determined at the December
meeting to focus on two long-range matters affecting the
elderly that are not yet receiving the prominence of national
policy debate which they deserve.
The target group has been narrowed to persons usually
but not always over the age of 75 who require one or several
supportive services in order to cope with daily life. They
are expected to become a sizable percentage of this country's
population well before the end of this century.
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Concern is being expressed today for this population in
many quarters. They comprise the major age grouping in
nursing homes. Dissatisfaction with the quality of care in
a number of these institutions is responsible for the veri-
table avalanche of proposals both for improving institutional
care -- and possibly avoiding it with community-based alter-
natives.
The Federal Council believes that there are no simple
approaches to financing, planning and delivering a package
of services to these frail older persons. The FCA has embarked
on the development of a process that will identify some of the
national policy questions that should be addressed. These
questions will then be put before the general public for debate
and discussion with particular input from older persons them-
selves, the helping professions and policy-makers. Actions
already undertaken includes the holding of a seminar at the
March 13-15 meeting of the Federal Council and the development
of a Task Force on Services To the Frail Elderly.
At the March meeting, the Council also invited Adminis-
tration officials to share their thinking on the second priori-
ty of the FCA. It is important that an income assurance sys-
tem for this nation's elderly be developed which successfully
integrates Supplemental Security Income, Social Security pay-
ments, private pensions with appropriate Federal safeguards
and other private income sources. The Council wants all older
persons to have a solid income flow but it is imperative that
financial security be assured to the most vulnerable and
fragile of the nation's elders.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Council urges legislative action to develop high
standards of safety and care in nursing homes. At the same
time, it is essential that assistance be provided to enable
facilities to meet such standards especially those homes
serving minorities and the poor.
In a letter to the President on December 9, 1974 the
Federal Council on the Aging expressed its deep concern about
the financial burden that would fall upon the elderly as a
result of the reductions proposed in the 1975 budget. In
particular, the Council cited the additional costs that would
have to be borne by the aged in relation to such programs as
Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps.
11.
We continue to be distressed about the apparent lack of
consideration for the economic plight of the elderly as re-
flected in Administration proposals for the 1976 Fiscal Year
Budget. Cutbacks in Federal monies for social services for
the elderly and ceilings on benefit programs financed from
Social Insurance Trust funds are particularly burdensome to
this age group. Many of their financial assets are tied to
fixed sources while their needs are mobile.
We recommend that the President reconsider the serious
effect of these fiscal proposals on the elderly of this
Nation with their urgent humanitarian needs.
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
Chairman
Executive Director
Bertha S. Adkins
Cleonice Tavani
Federal Council on the Aging
Assistant to the Chairman
Room 4022, Donohoe Building
400 - 6th Street, S.W.
F. Richard Williams
Washington, D. C. 20201
Members of the Council
For a term of one year (to 6-5-75)
Bertha S. Adkins, of Oxford, Maryland, former Under Secretary of
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Dorothy Louise Devereux, of Honolulu, Hawaii, former Member of the
Hawaii State House of Representatives.
Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., of Seattle, Washington, Professor and
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry' and Behavioral Sciences,
University of Washington; past President of the Gerontological
Society.
Charles J. Fahey, The Reverend Monsignor, of Syracuse, New York,
Director of the Catholic Charities for the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Syracuse and President elect of the American Association of
Homes for the Aging.
John B. Martin, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, former Commissioner on
Aging, Special Consultant to the American Association of Retired
Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association.
For a term of two years (to 6-5-76)
Frank B. Henderson, of Worthington, Pennsylvania, Director, Nutrition
Services, Armstrong County Community Action Agency.
Frell M. Owl, of Cherokee, North Carolina, Retired from the Bureau
of Indian Affairs; Member of the Indian Advisory Council of the
United States Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Professor and
Associate Director, School of Social Work, the University of
Oklahoma.
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Charles J. Turrisi, of Norfolk, Virginia, retired as General
Superintendent of Mails of Norfolk. He is legislative chairman
for the Norfolk Chapters of the National Association of Retired
Federal Employees and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Selden G. Hill, of Orlando, Florida, is a member of the Advisory
Board of the Florida State Division on Aging. He was Assistant
Director of the War Manpower Commission of the U.S. Civil Service
Commission.
For a term of three years (to 6-5-77)
Nelson Hale Cruikshank, of the District of Columbia, President,
National Council of Senior Citizens. Former Director of Department
of Social Security, AFL-CIO.
Sharon Masaye Fujii, of Santa Monica, California, Vice President of
Gerontological Planning Associates.
Hobart C. Jackson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executive Vice
President, Stephen Smith Geriatric Center and Administrator of the
Stephen Smith Home for the Aged. Mr.. Jackson was the founder of
the Caucus of the Black Aged and presently serves as Chairman.
Garson Meyer, of Rochester, New York, former Chief Chemist, Eastman
Kodak and the President Emeritus of the National Council on the
Aging.
Bernard E. Nash, of Camp Springs, Maryland, Executive Director of
the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association
of Retired Persons.
Ex-Officio Members
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Commissioner on Aging
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FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
Statement of Work
Study of the Combined Impact of Benefit
Programs on Older Americans
I. Introduction
The Federal Council on the Aging has been directed by Congress, under
the 1973 Amendments to the Older Americans Act,
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to undertake a study of the interrelationships of benefit pro-
grams for the elderly operated by Federal, State and local govern-
ment agencies. At least nine major programs, operated by five
Federal departments and agencies, impinge directly on each other.
These include Social Security (OASDI), veterans benefits, old age
assistance, medicare, medicaid, low rent public housing, Federally
assisted private housing, food stamps, and manpower training.
At present, problems occur when older people are eligible for
assistance from more than one of these programs. For instance,
when there is an increase in Social Security benefits, an in-
dividual who receives both Social Security and old age assistance
may, unless corrective action is taken each time there is an in-
crease, receive no increase in total income since his or her old
age assistance benefit is reduced to take account of the increase
in Social Security".
The Committee on Senior Services of the Council has the responsibility
to oversee the conduct of this pro,ect, and to forward recommendations
to the Council for its action upon such recommendations and its determina-
tion as to what shall be sent to the President and the Congress concerning
improvement of benefits for the elderly. The result of this contract is
intended to satisfy this responsibility.
Experience has shown that there are actual and potential difficulties
with the current categorical systems of providing benefits to older
Americans. Some attempts have been made, and others are in process,
which are designed to improve the situation. No comprehensive review
and analysis of these programs, and especially of their interrelation-
ships, exists, however, and it is the feeling of the Federal Council
that the study performed under this scope of work will provide a clear
and basic analysis of the weakness and strengths of the programs, and
will serve to point a positive corrective policy direction for the
future.
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II. Scope of Work
A. General
The major goals of this contract are to provide an analysis
of benefit programs affecting older Americans, and to provide
a range of policy recommendations based on this analysis.
Each of the seven tasks prescribed herein will have a product
or products associated with it; the final product is to be the
Federal Council on the Aging's report to Congress in fulfillment
of its legislative mandate.
For the purpose of this contract, "benefit" or "benefit program"
shall be taken to mean not only direct payment, income-supple-
menting, and income-maintaining ones (whether in-kind or in cash),
but also to mean services provided which can be thought of as
having financial value. The programs studied must include all
Federal of Federally-supported ones, and must include, as appro-
priate and so determined by the contractor and the Project
Officer, other governmental (non-Federal) and private programs
which may affect, by virtue of benefits obtained under them,
the Federal or Federally-supported ones.
The contractor shall review available literature and data on
Federal and Federally-supported benefit programs for the
elderly, shall organize these data in a clear format enabling
comparison among the various programs, shall describe the in-
terrelationships among the various programs, and shall analyze
these comparisonsand interrelations in a manner which explains
the programs in terms of their cash or income-supplementing
values; a range of service programs is also to be discussed. The
contractor shall also review programs from several States which
are either related or supplemental to the Federal programs, or
are dependent on them. The contractor shall make regular reports
to the Project Officer and to the Committee on Senior Services,
and will be totally responsive to their directions and decisions.
Taking into account likely or possible changes in benefit pro-
grams, and with the advice of the Senior Services Committee,
the contractor shall describe a range of possible recommendations
for correcting difficulties in the current benefit systems,
based on the data collected and analysis performed under this
contract. The changes in programs may be legislative, executive,
or judicial in origin; the contractor must be and remain
cognizant of such possible changes in programs of the type under
study herein.
For the purpose of this contract, "elderly" shall mean, in the
case of multigenerational programs, persons aged 60 or over.
For programs which are deemed for the aged, "elderly" shall
mean whatever age limits are established in the program.
3.
There are seven major tasks to be performed under the
contract, including regular reporting to and meeting with
the Project Officer and the Chairman and/or members of
the Committee on Senior Services and a final report
to Congress. The substance of the later tasks and of the
final report will depend on the results of the earlier
tasks. Each task will have some written product associated
with it.
B. Detailed Requirements
1. Task 1. The contractor shall identify and describe all
Federal or Federally-supported benefit programs, and
identify and review available data and literature
describing them, their interactions, and their relation-
ships with State, local, and private programs, as well as
describe the general population of participants in the
various programs.
a. The identification and description shall include
at least: authorizing legislation, governing
regulations, general eligibility requirements
and general benefit levels. The means of
description will likely be largely determined by
the model developed in 2, below.
b. The review shall include Congressional studies,
reports in professional journals, documents
prepared by Federal (or in some cases State)
agencies, program data (which might not be avail-
able to the public at large, but may be obtained
with the assistance of the Council), census data,
and any other useful sources of information.
Product: List and general description of benefit programs
(7 copies, one reproducible master)
(Draft to Project Officer within six weeks,
completed within eight)
2. Tasks 2.
Task 2a. The contractor shall prepare a model for
collection of detailed data regarding benefit
programs for the elderly which will, when
completed and the data collected, provide
information for use in the combined analysis
of such programs required below, in Task 4.
1. This model must include procedures for gathering
data on eligibility requirements, benefit levels,
and their effects on one another;
2. This model must be applicable to both Federal and
other governmentally-based programs, and must
allow for the effect of private programs on public
ones;
3. This model must be able to provide, when employed,
some sense of the level and breadth of possible
problems (that is, their number, effect, and
degree) for elderly people which can result, and
which exist, because of adverse program inter-
action. It must provide these estimates both in
dollar-equivalent and population terms.
Task 2b. The preliminary model must be presented to the
Project Officer to review during the third week of
the award of the contract. After this review,
the Project Officer, the Committee on Senior
Services, and the Contractor shall agree on
initial application of the model. Following
this early testing of the efficacy of the model,
it shall be refined by the contractor, in con-
sultation with the Project Officer, within
eight weeks of contract award.
Task 2c. The completed model shall be used to gather and
organize the complete range of data necessary
to make the analyses and recommendation required
under this contract.
Product: 1. Preliminary, interim, and completed models
(7 copies, one reproducible master)
2. Data summary based on application of model.
(7 copies, one reproducible master)
3. Task 3. The contractor shall identify and describe benefit
programs for the elderly in. four states. These
programs, which are to be public, are to be chosen
to be illustrative, not necessarily statistically
representative, of State-level activities nation-
wide. The intent here is to gain an understanding
of several spectra of programs which might be a-
vailable to individual recipients around the country.
Therefore, it is particularly important here to
consider the impact of governmental (non-Federal),
and private benefit programs.
5.
The contractor shall, within eight weeks of con-
tract award, submit to the Project Officer for
review the detailed plan for gaining the data
(which may be directly related to the model de-
veloped in Task 2). Following revision and
approval of this plan, the data will be col-
lected, organized, and presented.
Products: 1. Projected plan for gathering State data
(Draft within eight weeks, completed within
ten weeks)
2. Description of programs, based on data
collected under approved plan. (Within fourteen
weeks)
(7 copies, one reproducible master)
4.
Task 4. The contractor shall analyze the data and illus-
trative material from Tasks 2 and 3, using the
review from Task 1 as background.
a. This analysis shall emphasize and specifically
identify the effects of changes in benefits under
one or more programs (including private plans and
newly-created plans) on continued or initial
eligibility for the rest of the available range
of programs.
b. This analysis must include a discussion of the
level and extent of the problem. That is, just
how many people currently have their eligibility
for some programs adversely affected by the level
of benefits they receive under others, how much
is this effect, and how many are even receiving
benefits under more than one program?
c. This analysis must also include, but might not be
limited to, explanations of the various programs
in terms of their cash or income-supplementary
value.
This analysis will serve as the primary basis for
policy recommendations to be made in the Final
Report.
Product: Analysis of benefit programs (? copies,
one reproducible master)
(Draft within fifteen weeks, completed
within seventeen weeks)
5. Task 5. The contractor shall prepare & Report to the
Committee on Senior Services. This report must
contain:
1. An executive summary of work performed.
2. An extended statement of facts and findings.
3. A set of policy recommendations regarding
changes in benefit programs which the
Federal Council might suggest to the Presi-
dent and to Congress.
A draft report is to be submitted to the Project
Officer at least sixteen weeks after award of
contract. This draft must include several alter-
nate sets of recommendations for the Committee on
Senior Services to consider. These recommendations
must cover a range of possibilities within the
context of contemporary legislative and administra-
tive program development and feasibility.
Product: Report to the Committee on Senior Services
(7 copies, one reproducible master)
(Draft within sixteen weeks, completed within
eighteen)
6. Task 6. The contractor shall prepare the report or the
Committee on Senior Services to the full Federal
Council on the Aging.
Based on discussion with the Project Officer and
with the Committee, and under their supervision,
the report from Task 5 will be revised so that it
reflects clearly and completely the recommenda-
tions and position of the Committee. This revision
will then be presented to the full Council for
review.
Product: Report of Committee on Senior Services to Federal
Council on the Aging
(Twenty copies, one reproducible master)
(Draft within twenty weeks, completed within
twenty-two)
7.
7. Task 7. The contractor shall prepare the report to
Congress of the Federal Council on the Aging
Under Conncil direction, the report of the
Federal Council on the Aging in fulfillment of
its legislative mandate will be prepared by the
contractor. This report to Congress must
reflect fully and accurately the recommendation
of the Federal Council on the Aging regarding
interrelationships of benefit programs for
older Americans, together with any minority
Council views. The staff of the Council will
personally deliver the report to Congress.
Product: Final Report to Congress of the Federal Council
on the Aging
(Fifty copies, one reproducible master)
(Draft within twenty-four weeks, completed within
twenty-six)
C. Reporting
The contractor must report as defined below to the Project
Officer, and through the Project Officer to the Committee
on Senior Services. The contractor must also meet regularly
with the Project Officer and (at least) the Chairman of the
Committee, so as to obtain their guidance and direction.
This guidance and direction are particularly important when
Considering the final policy recommendations, and when likely
or possible changes in benefit programs are reviewed (for
example, the possibility exists that massive legislative
changes in benefit programs will be considered, so this must
be taken into account).
1. The contractor shall report by telephone at least
every other week to the Project Officer, additionally
as necessary.
2. Seven copies of drafts of work product reports shall
be submitted to the P.O., as detailed above; these
will be returned to the contractor within one week
with directions and suggestions for revision (except
for the final report to Congress). The final copies
of these reports will then be due according to the
schedule outlined in above.
8.
3. The contractor shall meet with the Project
Officer and the Chairman and/or additional
members of the Committee on Senior Services
at weeks 6, 11, 16 and 18 of the contract;
and also with the full Committee at week
18 and the full Council at week 22. These
meetings will take place in Washington, D.C.
D. Scheduling
1. The contract may not exceed 26 weeks.
2. The contract shall complete the tasks according to
the following schedule:
Task 1 - Draft within six weeks of award of
contract, final within eight.
Task 2 - Preliminary model within three weeks;
Testing of interim model between weeks
5 and 7;
Completed working model within eight.
Task 3 - Draft of data collection plan within
eight weeks, final within ten;
Description of programs within fourteen
weeks.
Task 4 - Draft within fifteen weeks, final
within seventeen.
Task 5 - Draft within sixteen weeks, final within
eighteen.
Task 6 - Draft within twenty weeks, final within
twenty-two.
Task 7 - Draft within twenty-four weeks, final
within twenty-six.
FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., N.J.
HIRAM L. FONG, HAWAII
ALAN BIBLE, NEV.
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, WYO.
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, W. VA.
EDWARD J. GURNEY, FLA.
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, MAINE
WILLIAM B. SAXBE, OHIO
FRANK E. MOSS, UTAH
EDWARD W. BROOKE, MASS.
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, MASS.
CHARLES H. PERCY, ILL.
WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.
ROSERT T. STAFFORD, VT.
United States Senate
VANCE HARTKE, IND.
J. GLENN BEALL, JR., MD.
CLAIBORNE PELL, R.I.
PETE V. DOMENICI, N. MEX.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, MO.
JOHN v. TUNNEY, CALIF.
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 51, 93D CONGRESS)
LAWTON CHILES, FLA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
WILLIAM E. ORIOL, STAFF DIRECTOR
JOHN GUY MILLER, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
March JAMN 24, 1975
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On March 13 I wrote you endorsing Dr. Jack C. Routson
to be appointed to the Federal Council on the Aging. I am
pleased to call your attention to him again by way of his
vita which is enclosed.
As I mentioned before, Dr. Routson is well qualified
to serve on this council and would be a great asset to it,
and I again urge you to seriously consider his appointment.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Clifford P. Hansen
USS
CPH:me
CC: Honorable John Marsh
Honorable James H. Cavanaugh
Honorable Donald Rumsfeld
Honorable William N. Walker
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VITA
Dr. Jack C. Routson, Head
Department of Business Administration
College of Commerce and Industry
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming 82070
Birthdate: 9/4/22
Married: Wife, Eileen F.; three grown sons
Health: Excellent
Education:
The University of Illinois, Ph.D. 1964 (Business)
The University of Colorado, M.S. 1948 (Marketing, Management)
The University of Colorado, B.S. 1947 (Marketing, Management)
Administrative Experience:
A. Head, Department of Business Administration, University of Wyoming, 1964
to date; acting head, 1958-1964. Responsible for:
(1) department of 22 faculty, three part-time faculty; three clerical
and 29 part-time employees.
(2) administering to bachelors degree programs in Finance, Marketing,
Management, General Business and Industrial Management; graduate
programs including the Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
and M.S. degrees in Finance, Marketing, and Industrial Management.
(3) Organization, implementation, and development of MBA program in
business administration for Air Force Institute of Technology,
Minute Man Missile Program, F.E. Warren Air Base, Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming, administered by the University of Wyoming (1967-1971).
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(4) Providing organization and direction for development of appropriate
areas of research.
B. Organizing and conducting management development conferences for foremen
through senior executive levels of management since 1956 for organizations
such as: Stauffer Chemical, National Highway Users Conference, F.M.C.,
Pan American 011, U. S. Steel, National Telephone Cooperative Association,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wyoming Highway Department, Wyoming Fish
and Game Commission, and Wyoming Hospital Managers' Association; appointed
by Governor Hansen as organizing and writing consultant for the State Title
19 Bill (Medicare Plan for Wyoming).
Subjects treated in the above conferences were job security, compensation,
geographic relocation for promotion as retirement age is approached and as
these factors become the primary issues in setting policy, operating pro-
cedure; superior-subordinate counseling procedure; and the handling of
day-to-day operating problems.
The work with the National Telephone Cooperative Association over a number
of years involved predominantly board directors of telephone cooperatives,
many of whom were at or approaching retirement age.
The consultation for the Medicare Plan for Wyoming under Title 19 (1965-66)
concerned the program formulation and budgeting within the parameters prescribed
by the Federal Medicare Amendments and their effect on the Wyoming Department
of Public Health. In part the assignment involved the interrogation of
several interested organizations (doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses,
crippled children) which would be affected by a Title 19 state law; arbi-
trating the inputs of the various interest groups and evaluating the
anticipated results. The report ultimately presented to Governor Hansen
became the basis for legislative action.
Another dimension of these professional activities has been helping the
lower income/educational level employees in solving problems dealing with
adjustment to significantly reduced incomes, including maintaining life
and health insurance programs, etc.
Also served as advisor to the Wyoming Highway Department Promotion Board
in screening and counseling, especially regarding problems of older
personnel in accepting promotions involving relocation problems such
as giving up home, friends, familiar work environment, and the impact
of making such decisions.
c. University Committees and service such as the Ford Foundation sponsored
three-year Masters Committee (now the University Scholars Committee),
Ad Hoc Committee for the Formation of the Faculty Senate, and the Graduate
Faculty Advisory Council. Served as consultant in early stages of planning
and management of Personnel Department on the University of Wyoming campus.
Have also consulted informally from 1949 to present with campus employees,
originally through contacts as manager of the campus Student Union (Summer,
1949) and member of Student Union Management Committee (1949-1964). This
has involved advice on personal and family problems--budgeting, consumer
economics, insurance programs, and independent contracting by retirees.
Other Professional Experience:
A. Teaching responsibilities in undergraduate and graduate classes in Manage-
ment and Marketing, University of Wyoming, 1948-1975; supervision of
graduate independent research.
B. Participant in and contributor to National Marketing Theory Conferences
(1952-58); S.B.A. Grant ($23,000) to conduct observational analysis of
retail sales clerks (1959). Two Wyoming State Department of Education
grants ($2,500 each) to conduct national biennial studies of demographic,
academic and business experience characteristics of junior college business
teachers; have been active in the National Council for Small Business
Management Development. Membership in American Marketing Association
(Regional officer), Academy of Management, and American Institute for
Decision Sciences. Research interests in marketing, consumer behavior,
leisure time, and management development.
C. Granted sabbatical leave in 1973 to conduct research in Europe relating to:
(1) study of curriculae, admission standards, library facilities, and faculty
background of selected European business schools or management institutes
in Greece, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, England, Germany, Spain,
Hungary, Norway, and The Netherlands. The objective was to provide
practical means of judging foreign student transcripts for those applying
for admission to U. S. Schools.
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(2) background information requisite to a multi- or transnational
business-supported exchange program assuming the characteristics
of an internship program.
(3) establishing contacts for the conduct of cooperative research and
instructional programs in transnational/multinational business.
Spring, 1975
JCR
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THE WHITE HOUSE
aging
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: DOMESTIC COUNCIL
FROM:
PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL Jul OFFICE
SUBJECT:
Federal Council on the Aging
Attached is our proposed memorandum to the President in
which we recommend the reappointment of five persons to the
Federal Council on the Aging.
Please contact Jocelyn Waggoner in Robin West's office (456-2941)
with any comments you may have regarding these proposed actions.
We would appreciate receiving your comments by Thursday,
March 27. If we have not heard from your office by that date,
we shall assume that you have no objections to this memorandum.
Thank you.
Please route through Deputy Duectors
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DONALD RUMSFELD
FROM:
WILLIAM N. WALKER
SUBJECT:
Federal Council on Aging (PAS-WAE)
This memorandum seeks your approval of five persons who are
recommended for reappointment to the Federal Council on
Aging.
The Federal Council on Aging was established by P.L. 93-29
on May 3, 1973 (Legislation, Tab A). The purpose of the
Council is to advise the President on matters relating to
the special needs of older citizens, to review Federal
policies that affect the aging, and to educate the public
concerning the problems of the aging. Each year the Council
makes three reports to the Congress.
The Council consists of fifteen members appointed by you
with the advice and consent of the Senate for three year
terms. Members are representative of older citizens,
national organizations with an interest in aging, business,
labor, and the general public. At least five of the members
are themselves older persons. (Membership list, Tab B.)
On June 5, 1975, the terms of five of the original Council
members will expire. Each of these persons has been an
active and interested member of the Council during the past
year, and each represents an important constituency.
I therefore recommend that the following members be reappointed
to serve full three year terms on the Council:
Bertha S. Adkins (Resume, Tab C), a Republican from Maryland.
Miss Adkins, 68, was Under Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare during the Eisenhower Administration. She was
the Vice Chairman of the 1971 White House Conference on
Aging and Executive Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee
on Older Americans. Miss Adkins has served ably as Chairman
of the Council since its inception.
Approve
Disapprove
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Carl Eisdorfer, M.D. (Resume, Tab D), a Republican from
Washington. Dr. Eisdorfer, 44, is a past President of the
Gerontological Society and former Director of Duke Univer-
sity's Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.
He is presently Chairman of the Department and Professor
of Psychiatry at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Dr. Eisdorfer is a psychiatrist and psychologist whose
major research interest concerns behavioral studies on
aging. He is the only physician on the Council.
Approve
Disapprove
Dorothy Louise Devereaux (Resume, Tab E), a Republican from
Hawaii. Mrs. Devereaux, 63, is a professional volunteer
with the handicapped and aged. She chaired the steering
committee for Hawaii's first Conference on the Aging in
1954. From 1958 to 1972, Mrs. Devereaux served in the
Eawaii House of Representatives. Senator Fong strongly
supports Mrs. Devereaux for reappointment to the Council.
Approve
Disapprove
Charles J. Fahey, The Reverend Monsignor (Resume, Tab F)
from New York. Although unregistered, Father Fahey was
supported for appointment to the original Council membership
konie
by Senators Javits and Buckley. He is Director of Catholic
Charities for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New
York. Father Fahey, 41, is a member of the Board and Vice
President of the American Association of Homes for the Aging
and is endorsed by nursing home administrators across the
country and by Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish religious
leaders.
Approve
Disapprove
John B. Martin (Resume, Tab G), a Republican from Maryland.
Mr. Martin, 65, is a former Commissioner on Aging and Special
Assistant to the President on Aging, from Michigan. He
also served as a member of the National Planning Advisory
Committee for the 1961 White House Conference on Aging, and
as the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Michigan Commission
on Aging. Mr. Martin was supported by you for his original
appointment to the Council. He is now serving as a special
consultant to the American Association of Retired Persons
and the National Retired Teacher Association.
Approve
Disapprove
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THE WHITE HOUSE
aging
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: DOMESTIC COUNCIL
FROM:
PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL Juli OFFICE
SUBJECT:
Federal Council on the Aging
Attached is our proposed memorandum to the President in
which we recommend the reappointment of five persons to the
Federal Council on the Aging.
Please contact Jocelyn Waggoner in Robin West's office (456-2941)
with any comments you may have regarding these proposed actions.
We would appreciate receiving your comments by Thursday,
March 27. If we have not heard from your office by that date,
we shall assume that you have no objections to this memorandum.
Thank you.
Please route through Deputy Directors
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Attachment
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DONALD RUMSFELD
FROM:
WILLIAM N. WALKER
SUBJECT:
Federal Council on Aging (PAS-WAE)
This memorandum seeks your approval of five persons who are
recommended for reappointment to the Federal Council on
Aging.
The Federal Council on Aging was established by P.L. 93-29
on May 3, 1973 (Legislation, Tab A). The purpose of the
Council is to advise the President on matters relating to
the special needs of older citizens, to review Federal
policies that affect the aging, and to educate the public
concerning the problems of the aging. Each year the Council
makes three reports to the Congress.
The Council consists of fifteen members appointed by you
with the advice and consent of the Senate for three year
terms. Members are representative of older citizens,
national organizations with an interest in aging, business,
labor, and the general public. At least five of the members
are themselves older persons. (Membership list, Tab B.)
On June 5, 1975, the terms of five of the original Council
members will expire. Each of these persons has been an
active and interested member of the Council during the past
year, and each represents an important constituency.
I therefore recommend that the following members be reappointed
to serve full three year terms on the Council:
Bertha S. Adkins (Resume, Tab C), a Republican from Maryland.
Miss Adkins, 68, was Under Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare during the Eisenhower Administration. She was
the Vice Chairman of the 1971 White House Conference on
Aging and Executive Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee
on Older Americans. Miss Adkins has served ably as Chairman
of the Council since its inception.
Approve
Disapprove
-2-
Carl Eisdorfer, M.D. (Resume, Tab D), a Republican from
Washington. Dr. Eisdorfer, 44, is a past President of the
Gerontological Society and former Director of Duke Univer-
sity's Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.
He is presently Chairman of the Department and Professor
of Psychiatry at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Dr. Eisdorfer is a psychiatrist and psychologist whose
major research interest concerns behavioral studies on
aging. He is the only physician on the Council.
Approve
Disapprove
Dorothy Louise Devereaux (Resume, Tab E), a Republican from
Hawaii. Mrs. Devereaux, 63, is a professional volunteer
with the handicapped and aged. She chaired the steering
committee for Hawaii's first Conference on the Aging in
1954. From 1958 to 1972, Mrs. Devereaux served in the
Eawaii House of Representatives. Senator Fong strongly
supports Mrs. Devereaux for reappointment to the Council.
Approve
Disapprove
Charles J. Fahey, The Reverend Monsignor (Resume, Tab F)
from New York. Although unregistered, Father Fahey was
supported for appointment to the original Council membership
by Senators Javits and Buckley. He is Director of Catholic
Charities for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New
York. Father Fahey, 41, is a member of the Board and Vice
President of the American Association of Homes for the Aging
and is endorsed by nursing home administrators across the
country and by Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish religious
leaders.
Approve
Disapprove
John B. Martin (Resume, Tab G), a Republican from Maryland.
Mr. Martin, 65, is a former Commissioner on Aging and Special
Assistant to the President on Aging, from Michigan. He
also served as a member of the National Planning Advisory
Committee for the 1961 White House Conference on Aging, and
as the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Michigan Commission
on Aging. Mr. Martin was supported by you for his original
appointment to the Council. He is now serving as a special
consultant to the American Association of Retired Persons
and the National Retired Teacher Association.
Approve
Disapprove