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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2007
Contact: Tracy Polovick
Coordinator of Communications and Outreach
(717) 787-8524
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Vance to Chair Hearing on Centralization of Assessments of Seniors

WHAT: Sen. Patricia Vance (R-Cumberland/York), chairman of the Senate Aging and Youth Committee, has scheduled a hearing on the Department of Aging's plans to centralize the assessment of senior citizens needing long term living services. This assessment is a prerequisite to individuals receiving nursing home services, home and community-based services and personal care services. The assessments have been done by the Area Agencies on Aging for the past 20 years.

WHO: Sen. Patricia Vance and members of the Senate Aging and Youth Committee. Those scheduled to testify include Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower; M. Crystal Lowe, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Bracken Burns, Washington County Commissioner; and Kristin Woellemer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of County Human Service Administrators.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 27, 2007

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: Majority Caucus Room, 156 Main Capitol