The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 192

NE a THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24. 1969 IaicU of Etluction Ifilamcd for Misconceptions Director at Geriatric Center Denies Elderly Often Are Ignored by Children sponsibly in helping older mem-. jtance have immense and inseparable." people of dignity, you deprive regional director of State De-, lists, are accululating huge dm- "There is a practical reason yourselves." partment of Public Welfare who COMMONLY-HELD assump-j The director of social work at tions that the elderly Geriatric Center, being abandoned by their adult old York rd said resear. children and that institutions' are used as dumoinc erounds ch studies scholastic journals cits and some may have to for people to campaign for the Mrs.

Brody is the wife of resigned to join the staff of close," she said. Brody, the former University of Pennsylvania. cause of the elderly," she said. Stanley At least 1200 elderly in Phila are simply untrue, according to repeatedly have shown that Mrs. Elaine Brody.

Sfamilies continue to behave re- bers. "Most often," she said, "families have expended enormous amounts of time, money, effort and emotional stress to take care of their aged family members." The misconceptions, however, she said, are manifestations of society's lack of education on "Because if you don't take care of the old people, the young will suffer." With an insufficient public care system, she said, young delphia, she said, are left helpless because they cannot obtain the care they desperately need. The cit she contended, has not shouldered a fair share ofiadults are undergoing so much care of aging indigents. burden and stress that often it Riverview, the city's "a Point of no return." the aged and reflect a negative for the aged, is criticized as I More important, she argued, attitude toward the elderly. Mrs.

Brody, who is leading a Sua WMfKh overcrowded, she said. Yet ne etmcai reason. far it has accommodated only "America is proud of its be- 20 percent of the city's elderly lief in taking care of the disad-indigents. In Pittsburgh, she vantaged groups," she said. pointed out, the city is the most important ble for the care of 80 percent of part of being human is a sense $250,000 study on individualized treatment of mentally impaired aged, recently testified before the Senate Subcommittee on the Health of the Elerly headed by Sen.

Edmund Muskie She pointed out that until 15 years ago few studies had been done on the nation's aged population. As a consequence, the QUALITY ALL-STEEL FOLDING CHAIR ONLY $359 Sturdy tubularsteel construction. Wide seat, form-fitting back. Folds to 2Y4 inches. its aged poor, of dignity.

If you deprive other On the other hand, she said, Show Team it is "notoriously known" that the city's general hospitals are public is almost unaware that unable to discharge the elderly because they have not place to go. "It is ironic," she said, "be GE Joins Parachutists Choice of 3 finishes: Bronze, Beige, Gray. 10 percent of the population is over 65 and that the number of four-generation families is in cause hospital care is the most LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC TOP Mrs. Elaine Brody, director of social work at Philadelphia Geriatric Center, claims popular misconceptions impede adequate carer of area's elderly. creasing TIRE FIRST SECOND SIZE TIRE TIRE 21.14" 23.48 n.74 23.82 Ml .90 27.30 M3.65 29.94 M4.97 33.53 G.75 OGT.

FRED HOFFMAN, 21, a graduate of Upper Dublin costly of all health services." T'HIS problem, she main- Many middle-aged persons FOLDING TABLE are faced with the responsibili Hich School in Fort Washins ty of taking care of not only -L tained, can be solved large-L 4. B. F. GOODRICH Custom Long Miler 4 PLY NYLON TUBELESS; FULL THREAD DEPTH, BIG EDGE TREAD MOUNTED FREE, PRECISION WHEEL BALANCING AVAILABLE BUY 4 SAVE MORE -OPEN A BUDGET ACCOUNT 1 IT uv CAUdllulllt; lUJllUIUUilV-L tive attitude the society andibased serVices such as Army's official their parents but also grandparents plus helping their children throug'i college. The average age is 83 for the SPECIAL AT $2935 Gleaming 6-foot tan 10 expana commumiy-oasea so- memakers mobile mealSf dayJparachute demonstration team'! txl.

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C. tSl" although the1 program's "crisis-orientaUon" signed up for parachute train-has many serious advanced COUntry, iting and after completing jump Mrs. Brody said expecially far behind such nations school went through Special long-term institutional care. Denmark and England inlForces training to become a In Pennsylvania, she said, the public care and social services Green Beret. He also joined the maximum public assistance for programs for the elderly.

82d Airborne Division Sport an elderly person who needsj jirs. Brody, who has been Parachute Club for free-fall institutionalizing is $285 per working for the center for 14 lessons. month while a non-profit nur-vears and holds a masters inj He now is assigned as an sing home's monthly cost for social Welfare from University administration and supply spe-every resident is about $420. Pittsburgh, emphasized that cialist at the Golden Knight's ir 11-1 'in'- Home for the Aged. THE "population explosion of the aged people" and the industrialization of the society have made it impossible for the adult children to support their parents and grandparents either emotionally, physically or financially, Mrs.

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