; Report Ill-White House Conference On Aging By Mrs. Taylor
. , Dr. Jean Mayer, Professor of
yft' 'Nutrition, School of Public
Health, Harvard University,
' i'r Boston, Mass. was the Chair
man of the Nutrition Section. 1
(Mrs M R Taylor) was elected
i i as the Vice Chairman of the
f's,1?. Nutrition Section, Other
ai positions held for this section
jj-were as follows: Consultant,
rjrjack Weinberg, Clinical
' Director, Illinois State
wPsychiatric Institute, Chicago,
Illinois; Recorder, Mrs. Dena
' D; Cedarquist, Professor,
. Department of Food Science
f and HUman Nutrition, Michigan
State University, East Lansing,
Michigan; Assistant Recorder,
Mrs. Verna Due, Associate
Regional Commissioner for
'''Aging, Social and
Rehabilitation Service, U.S.
" . Department of Health,
Education and Welfare,
'Chicago, Illinois; and
ejl, Management Officer, Mrs.
' j, Evelyn B. Spindler, Extension
Nutritionist, Division of Home
Economics, U.S. Department of
if At the White House Con
st ference, there were 14 Special
J i4 : Policy Making Sections and 18
,,Special Concerns Sessions. The
V ,pPo)icy Making Sessions in--ff'
eluded: Education, Em-
fi ployment and Retirement,
V V t i ii it
J , ruysicai anu menial neaiui,
J Housing, Income, Nutrition,
Retirement, Retirement Roles
Aand Activities, Spiritual Well
being, Transportation,
Facilities, Programs and
Services, Government and Non
Government Organization,
Planning, Research and
Demonstration, and Training.
The special concern sessions
included: Aging and Blindness,
Aging and Aged Blacks, Asian
The Elderly Consumer, Mental
Health Care Strategies and
Aging, The Older Family,
Homemaker-Home Health Aide
Services, The Elderly Indian,
Legal Aid and the Urban Aged,
Long-Term Care for Older
People, The Poor Elderly,
Rural Older People, Spanish
Speaking Elderly, Spanish
Speaking Elderly, The
Religious Community and the
Aged, Physical and Vocational
Rehabilitation, Volunteer Roles
for Older People, Youth and
Age,
Recommendations made at
the White House Conference on
Aging in each of the above
sections will be released
through this paper and
broadcast over your local radio
stations. I will begin with the
section on N U T R I T 1 0 N. All
recommendations regarding
the nutrition of aging
Americans included the elderly
in small towns, rural and
isolated areas, and the elderly
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Holidays, the following
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WILL BE CLOSED FROM
Friday Noon, Dec. 24,
until Tuesday morning,
DECEMBER 28, 1971
Alfiemarje Chemical Co.
Farmers Feed and Seed
Hertford Farmers
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Hertford Livestock and
Supply Co.
J.F. Hollowed & Sons
in minority groups. Special
cognizance were taken of the
long neglected needs of older
Indians and other non-English
speaking groups.
Majority Policy Proposals at
White House Conference in the
Area of Nutrition:
1. It is recommended that the
Federal Government allocate
the major portion of funds for
action programs to rehabilitate
the malnourished aged and to
prevent malnutrition among
those approaching old age.
However, adequatei funds
should be allocated for major
effort in research on the in
fluence of nutrition on the aging
process and diseases during old
age in order to give meaning
and impact to the action
programs. Appropriate
research findings must be made
available to all action
programs.
2. The Federal Government
should establish and more
strictly enforce high standards
with specific regulations for the
food and nutrition services
provided by institutions and
home care agencies that
receive any direct or indirect
Federal funds, require a high
level of performance from State
Government enforcement
agencies, and when necessary,
provide financial assistance to
bring no-profit organizations up
to standard. These standards
should include such important
areas as quality and nutritive
value of food; methods of
handling, preparing and ser-
f ving foods; the special dietary
K needs of individuals; and the
W m u l : i . . f i : i : 1
avaiiauiiuy ui anu uixessiuiuiy
to nutritional counseling.
It is recommended that
nutrition services and nutrition
counseling be a required
tuiupuueiii ui an iicoiui ucuvci j
systems, including such plans
as Medicare, Medicaid, health
maintenance organizations,
home health services, extended
care facilities, and prevention
programs.
3. Government resources
allocated to nutrition should be
f concentrated on providing food
C assistance to those in need.
However, a signigicant portion
of these resources should be
designated for nutrition
education of all consumers,
f especially the aged, and to the
E education of all consumers,
especially the aged, and to the
f education by qualified
nutritionists of those who serve
the consumer including
teachers in elementary and
secondary schools, doctors;
dentists, nurses, and other
health workers. This can be
accomplished immediately by
increasing personnel and funds
in existing agencies and in-
E stitutions.
I 4. Federal Government policy
i must offer the older person a
! variety of options for meals, but
should stress the favorable
psychological values and the
economics inherent in group
feeding. The policy should
require all Federally-assisted
housing developments to in
clude services or to insure that
services are available for the
feeding of elderly residents and
for elderly persons to whom the
development is accessible.
Where a meal is provided, it
sould meet al leats one-third of
the nutrient needs of the in
dividual. The policy should also
require the provision of
facilities (including tran
sportation) for food purchase
and meal preparation within
each household of the
development. In addition,
Federal policy should en
courage and support com
munity agencies to provide
facilities and serfvices for food
purchase, meal preparation and
home delivered meals (often
called Meals-on-Wheels) fori
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eligivle persons living outside
housing developments or in
isolated areas.
5. It is recommended that the
Federal Government assume
the responsibility for making
adequate nutrition available to
all elderly persons of the U.S.
and its possession. V
Minimum adequate income
(at least $3,000 per single person
and $4,500 per couple) must be
available to all elderly. Until
money payments are increased
above this minimum level
existing food programs should
be strengthened, including
nutrition education, to meet the
needs of the elderly. Therefore,
it is recommended that:
a) In addition to store purd
chases of food, food stamps be
used for the purchase of meals
in participating restaurants,
school and community settings,
and any approve home delivery
systems
b) The food stamp program
must be structured to conform
to the USDA low-cost food plan
at no increase in the cost of food
stamps to the recipient.
C) As long as low income
social security recipients are on
fixed incomes they should be
eligible for self-certification for
food stamps and-or Public
Assistance cash grants.
d) Food stamp applications
should be mailed with social
security checks and stamps
sent to older persons through
the mail or by some other ef
ficient, practical and dignigied
distribution method.
e) The purchase of food
stamps should be encouraged
and facilitated by providing the
first food stamp allotment
without cost to the recipient, by
permitting more frequent
purchases and by distrubuting
stamps at secior citizen centers.
f) The approximately 1000
counties in the United States
still using the Commodity
Program must switch by
December 31, 1972, to the Food
Stamp Program for the in
dividual feeding of the elderly.
Until this is accomplished the
federal donated food should be
made nutritionally appropriate,
in packages of suitable size, and
at readily accessible places.
It is recommended that the
equivalent of a National school
lunch program be established
for Senior Citizens, not be
limited to school facilities or to
low income persons. Basic
components of the program
should be:
a) All USDA commodities
should be fully available on the
same basic as to the school
lunch program. ,
b) Funding should provide for
adequate staff, food, supplies,
equipment, and transportation.
c) Elderly people should be
employed insofar as possible.
d) Auxiliary services should
be built in, including
recreational, educational and
counseling programs.
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nutrition specialists already in
the field direct the recruitment
of volunteers and-or part-time
aides from among thee elderly
and train them to teach sound
nutritional practices to older
people in groups and in their
homes. Qualified social workers
should be utilized in getting
client acceptance of the sser
vices being made available.
The responsibility for
producing quality food rests
with the food industry.
However, it is the responsibility
of the Federal Government to
establish and enforce such
standards as are necessary to
insure the safety and
wholesomeness of ourNational
food supply, as well as improve
nutritive value. To do this
requires more personnel and
funding. State requirements
that meet or exceed Federal
standards must be established,
implemented and monitored
with Federal support. Par
ticular attention should be given
to both nutrient and ingredient
labeling of food products as a
means of achieving greater
consumer understanding. An
inclusive list of the ingredients
in any processed food should be
made available by the
manufacturer to the consumer
or request.
Report IV on White House
Conference on Income will be in
next week's paper.
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