'Employing Older Workers-A Record of Emyers' Experience" (BES No. R-179), 56 pp., y 1959, was published by the Office of Program view and Analysis, BES, U.S. Department of bor. Copies are available at 40¢ from the perintendent of Documents, U.S. Government inting Office, Washington 25, D. C. (Quandiscounts of 25% on 100 or more.) This record of employers' experience with emyment of older workers illustrates what can ccessfully be accomplished in actual practice. ith photos and charts this booklet draws on amples from individual company operating actices. It is a handsomely presented, easy-toad survey of positive attitudes toward older orkers. A bibliographical reference is inuded, as well as a listing of available reports on e Labor Department's Older Worker Program. The September 27 issue of Parade, a national circulation Sunday newspaper supplement, carried an interesting article by Robert P. Goldman about the "Progressive Patient Care" plan at Connecticut's Manchester Memorial Hospital (near Hartford): "Better Hospital Care for You." This hospital is divided into four parts according to varying degrees of patient self-help ability, with costs adjusted to the amount of care provided. The "PPC" plan has been started in several cities across the country. More information: Mr. Edward Thomas, Administrator of the Manchester Memorial Hospital. The October issue of APWA's Public Welfare (Vol. 17, No. 4; 1313 E. 60th St., Chicago 37; $4 per year; single copies $1) includes a rundown of legislative developments in aging in the States (p. 164-165), and other items of interest for aging. "Housing Rural Aged People in Wisconsin," by May L. Cowles and Clara G. Sweeney, (Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 536, University of Wisconsin, Madison; April 1959; 20 pp.) is an information-packed report of research into the housing and living circumstances of older farmers and villagers. It helps to clarify several debated issues, and points the way to problem-solving. "Psychiatric Orientation in a Home for the Aged," by Helen K. Weil, reprinted from the April 1958 issue of The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (Vol. 28, No. 2), is available in limited supply at 50¢ per copy from the Library Fund, Montefiore Home, 3151 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights 18, Ohio. The aim of this short (812 pp.) presentation is "to indicate ways and means by which the professional disciplines of psychology and psychiatry, together with social casework, may gradually penetrate into the program of... institutions and find potential areas for prophylactic and therapeutic work." "Campaigns to Increase the Milk Consumption of Older Persons" (19 pp.), published as Bulletin #344, is available free upon request from Arless A. Spielman, Associate Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs. This study is concerned with effectiveness of public information campaigns to get older persons to drink more milk in the Hartford area. The research was supported in part by funds provided under the Research and Marketing Act. It is related to a previous study, "Milk Consumption by Older Persons," published in 1958 as Storrs AES Bulletin #339. PUBLICATIONS A new edition of the "Directory of Official State Agencies on Aging" is being published by the Special Staff on Aging. Official distribution to States is being made through DHEW's regional offices. Individual free copies are available either from DHEW Regional Representatives for Aging, or from Aging in Washington. The Directory includes a listing of Governor's Designees for each State's White House Conference on Aging plan. It was last issued as of May 1, 1959. A very large number of changes and additions have been made since then. "Planning Homes for the Aged" (edited by Geneva Mathiasen and Edward H. Noakes; published by F. W. Dodge Corporation, 119 W. 40 St., NYC 18; October 15, 1959; VII & 119 pp.; $12.75) is a large, handsomely-printed book. The editors, as Executive Secretary of the National Committee on the Aging, and as a distinguished architect with special interests in hospital and nursing home design, respectively, bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to a fastgrowing area of interest in the field of aging. Described as the "first comprehensive planning guide... on the problems of designing and building homes for the aged and infirm," this is a practical guide for those actually engaged in planning such homes. Eleven chapters of text by individual specialists cover such topics as congregate living for older people, community needs and resources, location and building site, common services, residence units and rooms, health needs, administration and staff facilities, materials and costs, design, and the function of the architect. Helpful appendices on population data and building costs, as well as a bibliography, are included. Six prizewinning designs are fully described, with illustrations. "Jobs for the Homebound," although not specifically concerned with the aging, is an interesting and provocative report on attempts to find remunerative homework for the chronically ill, homebound patients generally considered too incapacitated for vocational activities. The article, by Margaret Clarke, appears on p. 813 of the September issue of Public Health Reports (Vol. 74, No. 9; Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C.; $4.25 per year; single copies 55¢). Miss Clarke is codirector of a five-year demonstration project in vocational rehabilitation which has been in operation for 21⁄2 years as an integral part of the home care department at the Montefiore Hospital in New York City. Health Statistics (from the U.S. Nat Health Survey) includes a new (40 pp.) pet. tion, "Limitation of Activity and Mobility ca Chronic Conditions" (July 1959), issued as a lic Health Service Publication No. 584-B11. are statistics on the prevalence of limitatiz activity and mobility among persons with o more chronic conditions, by age, sex, reside family income, and major activity. They based on data collected in household inter during the period July 1957-June 1958. Copies are available @ 30¢ from the Super tendent of Documents, U. S. Government Pri Office; and single free copies are also availab limited supply from the U. S. National He Survey, Division of Public Health Methods, U Department of HEW, North Bldg., Washing 25, D. C. The Cleveland Golden Age Center News, z special Anniversary Edition for October, rep on the first four years of an outstanding proje This Center, a joint venture of the Metropoli Housing Authority (with Government help) £ the Cleveland Welfare Federation (with pri funds), has focused particular attention on viding useful services for older persons. more centers are now planned in Cleveland be included in two new large public housing velopments of the Metropolitan Housing Auth ity. Mail subscriptions to the News @ $1.2 year are available from the Golden Age Cen of Cleveland, Ohio, 2320 E. 30th St., Cleveland "Social Work Education for Better Services the Aging" (93 pp., $2) is Volume II of the re ports on the Seminar on the Aging held in Asper Colorado, September 8-13, 1958. Published b and available from, the Council on Social Wen Education, 345 E. 46 St., NYC 17, this volum includes nine papers by recognized authorities the field of aging, as well as a bibliography com piled by the Library of the National Committel on the Aging. Volume I was noted in Aging N 55, p. 7. August 1959 issue of Western City (publishe monthly by the League of California Cities, 44 Statler Center, Los Angeles 17; $2 a year; sing copies 25¢) includes a highly informative and in teresting roundup of "Senior Citizens Programs in Western Cities" on p. 19. The magazine repre sents municipal associations in Alaska, Arizona. California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. In dividual reports from New Mexico and Utah are included in this 9-page roundup of reports from communities throughout the region. ploying Older Workers-A Record of Emds' Experience" (BES No. R-179), 56 pp., 959, was published by the Office of Program N and Analysis, BES, U.S. Department of Copies are available at 40¢ from the intendent of Documents, U.S. Government ing Office, Washington 25, D. C. (Quaniscounts of 25% on 100 or more.) etes record of employers' experience with ement of older workers illustrates what can ssfully be accomplished in actual practice. photos and charts this booklet draws on ples from individual company operating ices. It is a handsomely presented, easy-tosurvey of positive attitudes toward older ers. A bibliographical reference is ined, as well as a listing of available reports on Labor Department's Older Worker Program. The September 27 issue of Parade, a national circulation Sunday newspaper supplement, carried an interesting article by Robert P. Goldman about the "Progressive Patient Care" plan at Connecticut's Manchester Memorial Hospital (near Hartford): "Better Hospital Care for You." This hospital is divided into four parts according to varying degrees of patient self-help ability, with costs adjusted to the amount of care provided. The "PPC" plan has been started in several cities across the country. More information: Mr. Edward Thomas, Administrator of the Manchester Memorial Hospital. The October issue of APWA's Public Welfare (Vol. 17, No. 4; 1313 E. 60th St., Chicago 37; $4 per year; single copies $1) includes a rundown of legislative developments in aging in the States (p. 164-165), and other items of interest for aging. "Housing Rural Aged People in Wisconsin," by May L. Cowles and Clara G. Sweeney, (Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 536, University of Wisconsin, Madison; April 1959; 20 pp.) is an information-packed report of research into the housing and living circumstances of older farmers and villagers. It helps to clarify several debated issues, and points the way to problem-solving. "Psychiatric Orientation in a Home for the Aged," by Helen K. Weil, reprinted from the April 1958 issue of The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (Vol. 28, No. 2), is available in limited supply at 50¢ per copy from the Library Fund, Montefiore Home, 3151 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights 18, Ohio. The aim of this short (812 pp.) presentation is "to indicate ways and means by which the professional disciplines of psychology and psychiatry, together with social casework, may gradually penetrate into the program of . institutions and find potential areas for prophylactic and therapeutic work." "Campaigns to Increase the Milk Consumption of Older Persons" (19 pp.), published as Bulletin #344, is available free upon request from Arless A. Spielman, Associate Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs. This study is concerned with effectiveness of public information campaigns to get older persons to drink more milk in the Hartford area. The research was supported in part by funds provided under the Research and Marketing Act. It is related to a previous study, "Milk Consumption by Older Persons," published in 1958 as Storrs AES Bulletin #339. "Estimated Number of Older People in 55 Michigan Cities as of July 1958," a 3-page mimeographed report of Michigan's Legislative Advisory Council on Problems of the Aging (3032 Rackham Bldg., Ann Arbor), June 1959, is available free upon request. Comparative figures are given for 1950 and 1958. "The Writers Group Journal" (April 1959; 26 pp., processed) is a collection of some of the creative writing done at the Detroit West Side UAW Retired Workers Activities Center. Copies of the journal are available free of charge, in limited supply, from Olga M. Madar, Director, UAW Recreation Department, Solidarity House, 8000 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit 14. "The Jewish Aged of Tucson, Arizona, 1959" is available in limited supply from the Tucson Jewish Community Council, 102 North Plumer, Tucson. This report is the result of a five-month survey which may well serve as a guide to other communities interested in conducting similar studies. It covers the living conditions and needs of Tucson's Jewish people 62 years old and over. The survey was jointly sponsored by the Tucson Jewish Family Service. (24 pp. & 32 tables and sample questionnaire; mimeographed.) Hennepin County's Community Welfare Council, 404 S. 8 St., Minneapolis 4, Minn., has published a new directory of community services and suggested activities for retired persons, "When All Your Time Is Your Own," a 12-page leaflet in two colors. Prepared by the Publicity and Interpretation Committee of the Council's Senior Services Project, it has been widely distributed in Minneapolis to agencies, physicians, lawyers, personnel managers, and interested groups. A local firm financed the printing of the first edition as a community service. A limited supply is available. Requests (on organizational letterhead) from official organizations or agencies, for single copies, may be addressed to Mrs. Irene H. Williams, Senior Services Consultant. 8 "The Personal, Family and Social Circumstances of Old People," by Peter Townsend and Brian Rees (Social Science Research Committee, International Association of Gerontology; London. August 1959; 34' pp. & appendices), is a valuable and unique report of an investigation carried out in England as a pilot for a future cross-nationa survey of old age. The authors designed an interview schedule believed to be usable in both Euro-f pean and American countries, tested it, and now present in this volume a report and self-critique of the project. The schedule is designed to obtain basic infor mation on family status and relationships with children, social isolation, employment and income, living arrangements and accomodations, health status and medical care. A special and promising feature of this study is an attempt to rate individuals according to the degree of help they require in carrying on matters of daily living. The study was made under the aegis of the European Branch of the Social Science Research Committee of the International Association of Geron tology. This is the first of the Committee's pro posals for the design of studies arrived at making cross-national comparisons. For a copy of the Report write to Mr. Peter Townsend, London School of Economics and Political Science, Skepper House, 13 Endsleigh St., London, W.C.1, England. The Annual Report 1959 (16 pp.) of the Old People's Welfare Council of Victoria (46 Russell St., Melbourne, C.1, Australia) offers a very interesting view into the field of aging in another part of the English-speaking world. Copies, in limited supply, are available from the Council's Assistant Director, Miss Lyra Taylor. This eighth annual report (for the year ending June 30), with many photographs, covers activities supported by nearly 100 public and private organizations and committees represented on the Old People's Welfare Council. The Council is the focal point in each State for information and advice on all aspects of the care of the elderly, bringing together in consultation the voluntary organizations, statutory bodies, and government departments. NCJW Directors Support WHCA The National Board of Directors of the National Council of Jewish Women on October 27 pledged its support for active participation in the White House Conference on Aging. NCJW, which pioneered in establishing services for older adults, plans to cooperate in every way to insure the success of the Conference and to promote its theme "Aging With A Future-Every Citizen's Concern." All of the ten Regional NCJW conferences scheduled for the spring of 1960 will include program sessions on the WHCA. The National Office plans to supply a steady flow of information to its Sections on preparations and activities. of the Conference. The President of the National Council of Jewish Women, Mrs. Charles Hymes, is serving on the National Advisory Committee for the White House Conference on Aging, and is also Chairman of the WHCA Planning Committee on National Voluntary Services and Service Organizations. The following program was adopted: 1. 240 local Sections, and Regionals will be asked to adopt resolutions supporting the Conference. 2. Sections shall be urged to offer their services fully and actively in pre-Conference planning and meetings in their local communities and States. 3. All Regional conferences will be asked to allow time for discussion of the WHCA. 4. Council will arrange for publicity on national and local participation in the Conference. 5. NCJW will: a) make a survey of the recreational activities desired by older persons (through Sections with recreational programs for the aging). b) re-evaluate its Golden Age Club and Center programs from the point of view of organization, programing, and volunteer participation. c) prepare material for an institute or lecture series on family relationships and the aging. 6. Study groups on family relations will be tried in two or three Sections on an experimental basis. 7. Information summarizing NCJW's activities nationally and locally during the preConference period will be collated and submitted to the WHCA both at the State and at the national level. For further information: National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., 1 W. 47th St., NYC 36. Additional WHCA Grants Six additional grants for the White House Conference on Aging program have been made since. Aging No. 61. 49 States and Territories have now received WHCA grants. Governors' designees, and the amounts awarded, are: FLORIDA-$15,000: Mr. B. R. Fuller, Jr., Executive Director Mr. B. Child, Commissioner ILLINOIS-$15,000: Mr. Peter W. Cahill, Executive Secretary 160 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 1. SOUTH CAROLINA-$15,000: Mrs. Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, Chairman TEXAS-$15,000: VIRGIN ISLANDS-$10,000: Mr. Macon Berryman, Commissioner |