Faces of Aging: Personal Struggles to Confront the Long-Term Care Crisis

September 26, 2002

The purpose of this hearing is to focus on the need to inform the public and educate consumers of available long-term care services and methods of financing these services.

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Date: September 26, 2002
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Dirksen 628

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Statements of Committee Members

Senator John Breaux (D-LA), Chairman

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Witness Testimony

1. Kathy Allen, Director, Health Care, Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Issues, US General Accounting Office, Washington, DC


GAO Report: Long-Term Care: Availability of Medicaid Home and Community Services for Elderly Individuals Varies Considerably,

2. Major Kevin Stevenson, Son of elderly couple seeking long-term care services in Louisiana, Silver Spring, Maryland (written statement not provided)

3. Shannon Broussard, Director, Cajun Area Agency on Aging, Lafayette, Louisiana

4. Lisa Yagoda, Senior Staff Associate for Aging, National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC

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Hearing Publications

• Committee on Aging Print: 107-37
  
  
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