Jane Adams Senior Caucus - Run by seniors, Advocating for Seniors
Edited By Willage, Marc B.
On October 6, 2023, Emily King presented an overview of Jane Addams Senior Caucus. She currently is in charge of development. She has been with the organization for a year and a half, and the overall mission of the caucus is to assist seniors in:1. Aging in dignity.
2. Being free from oppression
Currently, a major focus of the caucus is the “Care Over Cost” project, which describes an effort to inform seniors as to the problems of Medicare advantage programs, including what difficulties may present themselves, for beneficiaries wish to switch over to “original“ Medicare.
Emily described addressing housing situations confronting seniors today. She referred to “HUD buildings,“ [i.e. “senior housing), several areas that almost universally need to be dealt with once the tenants start to organize:
1. Elevators are frequently out of service with many people having ambulatory difficulties, preventing them from using the stairs. (In addition, obviously, for those, especially living on the higher floors).
2. Dirty carpeting, which is often filthy, frequently compromises quality of life, for the unusually large percentage of seniors having pulmonary and/or cardiac problems.
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