Wednesday, October 22, 1975
page 3
daily nebraskan
Panel : many elderly women classifed as poor
By Sandy Mohr
Two-thirds of the elderly are women
and five-eighths of these women are classi
fied as poor or nearly poor, according to
Anne Hopkins, counselor for the Lincoln
Information Service for the Elderly.
Hopkins spoke Tuesday in a Women
Speak series panel discussion on "The
Aging Woman." Other panel members were
Lincoln elderly counselors Martha Kniffin
and Barbara Harriott and retired teacher
Esther Hamon.
All four women are members of the
Gray Panthers, a national organization de
signed to bring youth and the aged
together to fight age discrimination.
The aging woman must be future
oriented, Kniffin said. Kniffin, 76, said
women should learn early in life how to
contend later with loss of social status and
income.
Economic concerns are the most serious
problems the aging woman has, according
to Hamon, 72.
Most elderly women live on social
security and 14 per cent have not worked
long enough to qualify for it, Hamon said.
She added that since many women are
underpaid they receive very small social
security payments and pensions.
Women who were married less than 20
years will not receive social security bene
fits at all, she said.
Hamon also said that the elderly "don't
die off in a hurry anymore" and medical
bills can be costly.
"Medicare is a farce and an illusion,"
she said. "Don't trust it for all your
problems."
Because Medicare does not cover dental
or vision problems and pays fot 80 per cent
of hospjtal bills, only 45 per cent of all
medical bills actually are covered by Medi
care, Hopkins said.
Hamon said that until Congress passes a
national health bill, the only way the
elderly can plan for the future is to start
investing money now.
In addition, many nursing homes charge
"astronomical" prices, Harriott said.
Harriott, who spoke on the "triple
whammy" of being an elderly black
woman, said elderly blacks receive even
lower pensions and social security pay
ments because of the low-paying or
migratory jobs some have.
"The Alcoholic Woman" is the subject
of next Tuesday's WomenSpeak series at
noon. Connie Clark of the Lincoln Council
on Alcoholism and Drugs will speak.
Free Polka lessons are be
ing offered by the Nebraska
Free University at the
Women's Physical Educa
tion Bldg. 123, tonight at 7.
Pte-registration counsel
ing for minority and low
income students is sched
uled from 1 to 10 pjri. to
day at the Educational De
velopmental Learning Skills
Center in the basement of
Selleck Quadrangle, Room
7005.
An informational meet
ing on the tropical agricul
ture study tour is planned
for 5 pjn. today at Keim
Hall 244. Everyone inter
ested in learning about this
trip to Colombia, South
America, from Dec. 27 to
Jan. 8 should attend this
meeting. Final date to regis
ter is Friday, Oct. 31. Call
472-2201 for more informa
tion. Student Veterans Club is
scheduled to meet tonight
at 6:45 pan. at the Nebras
ka Union 232. A new presi
dent will be elected.
Anyone interested in a
spring semester in Lund,
Sweden at the International
Swedish University may ap
ply until Oct. 30. Courses
are offered in sociology,
political science, fine arts
education, ecology, industri
al management and Swedish.
Contact the Overseas Oppor
tunities Center for more
information.
The College of Business
Administration Ethnic Mi
nority Committee is spon
soring a study session for
Accounting 103 and 104
tonight at 7 in CBA 330.
Any minority business stu
dent interested is welcome.
All business minority stu
dents are urged to attend
the College of Business Ad
ministration's Minority
Committee meeting Thurs
day at 3:30 p.m. in CBA
237.
The Women's Resource
Center Advisory Board is
meeting Thursday at 7 p.m.
in the Nebraska Union.
University Studies' His
torical Theatre will perform
Robert Lowell's The Old
Gbryt Thursday and Fri
day at 7:30 p.m. in Henzlik
Auditorium. Admission is
free.
The Undergraduate. Psy
chology Organization will
meet Thursday at 7 pjn. in
Burnett Hall 35. A dis
cussion on the psychology
of men is scheduled.
An Agronomy Club
meeting is planned for 7
pjn. Thursday in Keim Hall
244. Following the meet
ing there will be a tour of
the soil testing lab and the
weed science lab.
The monthly meeting of
the African Student Associ
ation is scheduled for 7 pjn.
Friday.
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