THE NATIONAL CRISIS IN ADULT CARE HOMES HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 8, 1977 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Aging Comm. Pub. No. 95-98 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 95-674 WASHINGTON: 1977 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Stock Number 052-070-04284-2 EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California TED RISENHOOVER, Oklahoma HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey MARTY RUSSO, Illinois STANLEY N. LUNDINE, New York MARY ROSE OAKAR, Ohio BOB WILSON, California, Ranking Minority Member WILLIAM C. WAMPLER, Virginia JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut WILLIAM F. WALSH, New York CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa JAMES ABDNOR, South Dakota THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey MARC L. MARKS, Pennsylvania ROBERT S. WEINER, Staff Director JAMES A. BRENNAN, Assistant to the Chairman EDWARD F. HOWARD, General Counsel DAVID L. HOLTON, Chief Investigator ROBETTA BRETSCH, Minority Staff Director 9 de 77 Opening statement of Chairman Claude Pepper- Statement by Representative William S. Cohen- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Charles J. Hynes, Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social A panel from Pennsylvania consisting of Gretchen Niedermayer, Phila- delphia Corporation for the Aging; Daniel H. Schulder, Special Assist- ant for Aging, Governor's office; and Mable Benson, Ph. D., Chief for A panel from Tennessee consisting of Nat Caldwell, Investigative Re- Harold Gordon, Chief, Division of Licensing and Certification, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland..... The Hon. Martha Keys, a Representative in Congress from the State of A panel consisting of Martin Dukler, Special Assistant to the Commis- A panel consisting of Michio Suzuki, Acting Commissioner, Public Services Administration; and Edwin Simmons, Director, Office of Policy and Regulation, Social Security Administration____ David C. Crowley, presented by Laurence F. Lane, American Association Appendix 1. “Private Proprietary Homes for Adults, An Interim Report,“ submitted by Charles J. Hynes, Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social Services, State of New York. Appendix 2. Letter of June 28, 1977, to Chairman Pepper from Charles J. Hynes, Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social Serv- ices, State of New York, with attached report, “Protecting Patient's Appendix 3. Letter of June 17, 1977, to Chairman Pepper from Charles J. Hynes, Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social Serv- ices, State of New York, with attached legislative proposals__ Appendix 4. An impact statement regarding the proposed “Boarding Home Act" and several newspaper articles submitted by Daniel J. Schulder, Special Assistant to the Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsyl- Appendix 5. "1972 Human Warehouses: A Boarding Home Study." sub- mitted by Mable Benson, Ph. D., Chief for Social Services, Allegheny County Health Department, State of Pennsylvania--- Appendix 6. "Human Warehouses Revisited," A reevaluation and compara- tive study of boarding homes in the northeast and northwest health dis- trict of Allegheny County, submitted by Mable Benson, Ph. D., Chief for Social Services, Allegheny County Health Department, State of Pennsyl- |