Housing arrangements, 264 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. Helps men and women who are considering a change in living arrangements to know the resources available in Boston, including hotels, rooming houses, rest homes, and convalescent homes. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S.A., 600 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., August 19, 1960. The Young Women's Christian Association does not have a directory or compilation of activities in the field of the aging which describes what individual YWCA's in communities are doing. Many, however, are trying to help meet the needs of the aging in their particular communities. Some are working with other community agencies on employment counseling. Some are holding group counseling sessions that give women self-insight into their employment possibilities. Some make their facilities available to groups meeting the recreational needs of older persons. This past spring a questionnaire on health needs of the aged was distributed within the YWCA, and many of our leaders and staff have contributed information. I am enclosing a copy of this questionnaire and some testimony, although you may already have seen this material since it was sent as background information to persons considering the health needs of older persons. A pilot project on employment and married women was held last February by the National YWCA, the New Orleans YWCA, and the National Manpower Council. In this special reference was made to the ways in which community resources are meeting the needs of women returning to the labor market. Mrs. HELEN SOUTHARD, Associate Director, Bureau of Research, CROSS REFERENCES Air Line Pilots Association, International, 55th Street and Cicero Avenue, Chicago 38, Ill. See page 351 for statement. Altrusa International, Inc., 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 4, Ill. See page 177 for statement. American Farm Bureau Federation, 2300 Merchandise Mart, Chicago 54, Ill. See page 181 for statement. American Hearing Society, 919 18th Street NW., Washington 6, D.C. See page 227 for letter and affiliates. Building Service Employees' International Union, 316 West Randolph Street, Chicago 6, Ill. See page 254 for letter and article. Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1615 H Street NW., Washington 6, D.C. See page 255 for letter. Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, Inc., 729 Seventh Avenue, New York 19, N.Y. See page 228 for letter and affiliates. Fraternal Order of Eagles, 2401 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. See page 140 for statement. International Association of Retired Secretaries, Young Men's Christian Association, 153 Magnolia Avenue, Daytona Beach, Fla. See page 310 for letter and statement. Kiwanis International, 101 East Erie Street, Chicago 11, Ill. See page 235 for letter, statement, and some affiliate activity. Lansing Area Council of Churches, 205 West Saginaw Street, Lansing 1, Mich. See page 240 for letter and article. The Little Sisters of the Poor, 1200 Valley Street, Baltimore 2, Md. See page 142 for statement. The National Committee on the Aging, 345 East 46th Street, New York 17, N.Y. See page 307 for letter and statement. National Council of Churches, Department of Social Welfare, 475 Riverside Drive, New York 27, N.Y. See page 151 for statement. National Council of Jewish Women, 1 West 47th Street, New York 36, N.Y. See page 247 for letter and affiliate activity. National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N.Y. See page 127 for statement. The Salvation Army, 120-130 West 14th Street, New York 11, N.Y. See page 255 for letter and affiliates. Seniors in Philanthropic Service, Inc., 704 South Spring Street, Los Angeles 14, Calif. See page 348 for letter and statement. United Community Funds and Councils of America, 345 East 46th Street, New York 17, N.Y. See page 292 for letter and statement. United Steelworkers of America, Committee on Retired Workers, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington 6, D.C. See page 357 for statement. The Volunteers of America, 340 West 85th Street, New York 24, N.Y. See page 215 for statement. Zonta International, 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, Ill. See page 299 for statement. HEALTH ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF, INC., 1537 35th Street NW., Washington 7, D.C., August 22, 1960. We have no particular activities restricted to this field. Inasmuch as loss in hearing frequently is a part of the aging process, we do have occasion to correspond and give advice to older persons.1 This advice usually involves recommending to them the nearest center where they may have their hearing checked, be fitted for a hearing aid, and receive auditory training and lipreading instruction. Older people participate in all of our activities as outlined in the enclosed brochure. (Mrs.) JEANETTE NINAS JOHNSON, Executive Secretary. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY, 1506-08 Foshay Tower, Minneapolis 2, Minn. The organization conducts research and programs of education in the field of eye care and vision. The academy has programs for the aging in this particular area. Dr. LAWRENCE FITCH, President. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR REHABILITATION THERAPY, 12020 Joan Drive, Pittsburgh 35, Pa. A special committee has been appointed to study the geriatric problem. ROBERT B. MILLER, President. JOSEPH H. MACQUEEN, Jr., Executive Officer. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTS, 1330 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind. The association has a committee which defines problems, gathers and disseminates information pertinent to dental problems and programs for the aging. Dr. DAVID B. AST, President. Dr. CHARLES L. HOWELL, Executive Officer. 1 We distribute free of charge a kit of helpful information, including reprints of articles, suggested procedures to follow when planning to buy a hearing aid, etc. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS FOR THE BLIND, INC., 838 Investment Building, Washington 5, D.C. This organization is composed of individual members engaged in various programs dealing with the blind. Many State and local agencies are studying the problems of the aging blind. HULEN C. WALKER, Executive Director. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, INC., 521 West 57th Street, New York 19, N.Y., August 9, 1960. We do not have a directory of activities for the Aged and Aging carried on by our State and local affiliates in individual communities throughout the country. The American Cancer Society has within its organization 61 separately incorporated divisions which carry out the programs of the society in education and service in every State. These divisions are organized with local unincorporated units, most of which are organized on a county basis and cover practically all of the counties in the United States. The American Cancer Society is engaged in research, education, and service solely as it relates to the disease of cancer. It is recognized by the society that cancer is a disease that strikes most frequently among the aged and aging, but the society does not emphasize program for any particular age group. For this reason, our programs are primarily attuned to the education of the profession and the public in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, as well as service in the care of cancer patients. Our programs of education and service do vary from division to division, depending upon the amount of funds available, the nature of services available from Government and other voluntary agencies, and the needs of the community. This program is determined within the broad framework of national society policy by the voluntary boards of directors of the divisions and local units. We do carry on extensive programs of public and professional education, both on a national and local basis. In addition, some divisions provide financing and assistance, largely in the form of "seed" money, for homemaker and housekeeper services, social work counseling to cancer patients and their families, and such other activities as transportation of patients, loan closet facilities, and the like. We do hope to be able during the next fiscal year to increase our emphasis on reaching the aged and aging with our lifesaving educational message. LOUIS DAVIS, Coordinator of Operations. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUTRITION, AMERICAN NUTRITION SOCIETY, 10651 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles 64, Calif., October 18, 1960. The American College of Nutrition is a professional society of physicians, dentists, and scientists with the Ph. D. degree or equivalent in related fields. Its purpose is to promote and advance by educational means the science and art of nutrition, especially as it pertains to the prevention and treatment of disease; to establish nutrition as an integral part of the professions of dentistry and medicine; to stimulate interest of its members in those subjects which are fundamental to a better understanding of the science and art of nutrition; and to encourage the study of the relationship of nutrition to general medical and dental practice. The primary purpose of the American Nutrition Society (nonprofessional) is the dissemination of knowledge concerning human nutrition for the promotion of the public good, it being the primary purpose of the ACN to acquire and supply to the ANS such knowledge. We sponsor no programs specifically for the aged and aging. However we believe that those who take advantage of the information we offer will be greatly benefited thereby, through greater freedom from those ailments known as diseases of old age, and through greater activity and comfort during their years of retirement. There are local chapters of our organization in New York City; Seattle; Oklahoma City; Detroit; Medford, Oreg.; Bakersfield, San Francisco, Pasadena, Pomona, San Diego, and the San Fernando Valley, Calif. Their activities consist chiefly of holding meetings at which various nutrition authorities lecture on nutritional subjects. DONALD B. HAYNIE, Executive Secretary. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION, 222 East Superior Street, Chicago Ill., August 16, 1960. The American Dental Association does not directly carry on activities in the field of aging although the association and its council on Dental Health have a great interest in this matter and encourage the establishment of programs related to the dental health of the aging and the chronically ill. There are programs of this type currently in effect at the State and community level. The Council on Dental Health recently has undertaken a survey designed to locate and identify the programs that are in effect in this area. C. GORDON WATSON, D.D.S., Assistant Secretary. ACTIVITIES FOR DENTAL CARE FOR AGED REPORTED BY STATE DENTAL SOCIETIES A variety of activities by State dental societies to determine and meet the dental needs of the aged was disclosed by a survey conducted by the American Dental Association's Council on Dental Health during the last 2 months (see Highlights 16.19 Aug. 26, 1960). The survey also showed extensive joint effort among the societies and other health professions and community agencies as urged repeatedly by the council. Questionnaires were completed and returned by 49 of the association's 54 constituent dental societies. Since the Panama Canal Zone replied that "no problem exists," explaining that "only employed working age people and their dependents" reside in the Canal Zone, its questionnaire was not included in the tabulation. Another disclosure of the survey was an overwhelming need for guidance in the development of programs to improve the dental health |