Aging
Continued from Paga 1
With an adequate staff, Jensen predicted the commission
could have the whole state covered by elderly-service projects
within two years for all older people in and around population
centers.
The elderly in rural areas have the same kinds of problems
as their urban counterparts. Jensen said, although it's a
different kind of isolation in the rural areas and greater
distances need to be covered by the project staffs.
The answer to the problems of the elderly usually has been
institutionalization Jensen said. Eight per cent of Nebraskans
65 and over are institutionalized, he added, twice the national
average.
To make the area-wide service projects a reality, the
existing agencies and the man-on-the-street will have to be
convinced of the somewhat revolutionary idea of spending
money on an alternative to institutions, he added.
Many of the services included in the Lincoln model project
are recommendations by the 1971 Nebraska Govenor's
Conference on Aging.
The main thrust of the recommendations is to attempt to
get organizations, local agencies and professional groups to
work voluntarily on local services which will allow the elderly
to live independently in their homes rather than in
institutions.
A "modest but adequate" income for a retired couple is
$4,320 a year, according to the Department of Labor.
However, Jensen said well over half the retired people in the
United States don't have that income and a similar condition
exists for Nebraska's elderly.
Inflation eats away at savings of the elderly, making them
victims of higher service costs and taxes.
"The local property tax without a doubt strikes hardest and
with the most devastation on the older homeowner living on a
fixed income," according to the Nebraska Conference on
Aging report.
The increase in cost of services, such as plumbing and
electrical work, often mean the elderly can't repair their
homes.
The conference report recommends more public housing
for the elderly, tax relief, a national pension plan and
programs which would eliminate 'nandatory retirement based
on chronological rather than functional age.
Several bills introduced this session in the Unicameral
attack some of these problems by proposing a discount of at
least 25 per cent on public utility service to elderly subscribers
and homestead tax exemptions for the elderly.
The conference report outlines projects which need only
"citizen initiative, community action and the
legislative-political processes" to make them a reality. "All
that is lacking, then," adds the report, "is a commitment."
"GOOD NEWS 72
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Wed., Feb. 2
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7:00 p.m. Symposium with Dr. Earl Wilson,
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