Official State groups on aging : elements of organization and program / report of the conference of State commissions on aging and Federal agencies, September 8-10, 1952.

  • United States. Committee on Aging.
Date:
1953
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Official State groups on aging : elements of organization and program / report of the conference of State commissions on aging and Federal agencies, September 8-10, 1952. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    12/164 (page 2)
    or representatives from, the various State agencies whose field of operation in any way touches on the aging problem. In other instances, it is an appointed citizen group or a combination of the two. In analyzing the trends in organization, the speaker reported a seemingly slight preference in favor of the legislative commission with citizens or advisory groups, or with lay members included in its Bi ship. Some of these commissions or committees have small appropriations to work with. Others are provided for by the State departments. With one or two possible exceptions, she pointed out, none can be said to have “abundant financing.” In dealing with the problem of aging within their respective State borders, the majority of the commissions or committees seem to take a Rar ompee ty There are four Carecer tee in which they appear to be primarily interested. These are: 1, economic maintenance; 2, housing and living arrangements; 3, health and rehabilitation; 4, per- sonal adjustment, including activities programs. Some commissions, however, have focussed on more limited areas saen as public assistance, chronic illness or some particular need that is the concern of the State Department of Welfare. | Except in one State, direct services to people nave not been in cluded in the responsibilities laid on the State commissions or commit- tees. In general, the speaker said, the two Driaeinge operating func- tions appear to be the coordination and improvement of State-wide pros grams in the field of aging as well as of the activities of those State departments whose work touches this field. The importance of encourag- ing local community services, however, was heavily stressed and much of