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
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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.

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    It CONTRASTING FORMS OF COMMISSION ORGANIZATION Prior to the Conference each delegate had been supplied with the pamphlet Introducing the State Commissions (reproduced in Appendix A) which summarized the salient facts relating to the operation of each commission or committee. But in order to create a more informal back- ground for discussion on How the other fellow works representatives from five of the States, whose commissions or committees more or less typified some of the contrasting forms of organization, were asked to speak briefly on the whys and wherefores of their own particular groups. Massachusetts for instance, it was explained, operates through a sub-committee of the already established Public Welfare Commission, and consists of two members of the Legislature--ane a Republican, the other a Democrat--together with four resource people who are authorities in the field of medical care and social welfare. It is a statutory body which came into being as a result of several bills introduced into the Legislature asking for a study of the problems of aging. | In Minnesota there is a special Commission created by legislative act with a broad charter to study a wide range of problems relating to the aging situation. The drive pebind its creation came from several members of the Welfare Committee of the Legislature who were concerned “over the increasing load of public assistance cases. The Commission has 25 members--5 State Senators, 5 Representatives and 15 laymen. It func- tions through 4 major subject sub-committees, to serve on which it has