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Seeks Penpals

To the Editor: I am a 23-year-old. male who at present. is locked up in solitary confinement at the maximum secuity federal prison in Lewishurg Pa * I have been in solitary for nine months now. and look to be here for an additional two to three months before my transfer to^ a lesser secure federal institution in Memphis. Tennessee I (fon t receive any mail.

and would like to correspond with people of allays I will guarantee answer to all who write me My relase date from prison is March 8. 1980 and I hope to begin work in a hospital, as l am a licensed operating room specialist Thank you for taking the time to read this letter Sincerely, Karl D Schlobohm Box 1000-No 04958-156 lyewisbifrg. Pa, 17837

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Home Health Care

hv Joe Ward

Who’s To Blame?

your gas guage isreading E. and you are silling in a line at your service station, hoping youwill reach the pump beofre you fuel is gone, don’t hlaryie the attendant for the crisis He is as much a victim as you are In certain quarters., it is popular to blame the American people as greedy, selfish drivers This rtray he true in some cases- but to most of us. automobiles are necessities not luxuries. There is no alternative method of transportation to lake us back and forth from work, to buy food, or get medical care It is easy to blame the oil companies They are the visible enemies But are they ultimately responsible for our problems today'’ One of the things we have to remember is that every business, whether it is the corner grocery or the mammoth oil industry, has one main gq^l — to make a profit In the case of the oil companies, every other consideration takes second place to this one function. It is not their obligation to be concerned , about social needs, exploitation of our resources or environmental destructfon. The entire problem of energy is too complex to be understood or remedied by individual citizen., gas station owners or even the oil companies For this, we need direction- and strong leadership from the federal government. The Department of Energy is

doing an abyssmal job. It does not even seem to be able to find out if this is a real or manufactured crisis. If anyone should have the ability to^dig out the real story, they'sholild Every other agency in state or federal govern ment seems to have no trouble* passing laws and regulations controlling other businesses. Try to ignore the I R S! Instead of ‘experts" mournfully forecasting our future energy crunch, there should be an immediate and in depth investigation of our present and future supplies and needs, and recommendations on how to meet those needs. During WWII. it did not take long for our country to increase our output of synthetic rubber and materials when supplies from other countries werecut off If the government, and it is the only establishment which has the power to do it. could gather together the facts, it could then begin a long range program to alleviate shortages. The government could actively and wholeheartedly support efforts to make gasahol from garbage and other waste products, solar and wind and water energy. It should subsidize rail transportation and encourage improved public transport The government should stop talking and begin acting. i - J.A. Cunningham

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"There is a lack of knowledge in the community regarding currently available health services, “There is no ongoing widely recognized mechanism lor communicating available health services to the community al large " This is parlicularly irue'rtf (he County Home Health Agency who provide HOMW HEALTH CAKE to Cape l May County reside™*. What Home Health (are? The American Medical Assn, defines home health career- as "Any arrangement for providing under medical supervision, needed health care and supportive services to a sick nr disabled person in Ins home surroundings. " When Medicare was initiated in 1965 it encouraged development ol Home Health.agencies and prompted an increase in their number. This legislation was the first to include home health care benefits lor persons 65 and

over

What is a Homo Health Agency? A home health agency as defined by medicare legislation is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing service and a minimun ol one other therapeutic service, such a$ physical, speech or occupational therapy medical social service; or Home Health Aide service. • The Cape May County Home Health Agency was lounded on June 16th.

1966.)

Although hospitals have sought new approaches to improve care and cost control, this attention has been directed primarily toward in-hospital services. More hospitals should establish coordinated home care programs or should lead the community in developing them. ' Who is the Home Health Agency in Cape May County? The Home Health Agency in Cape May County is the Cape May County Dept . Division of Community Nursing; located in the Cape May County Health Center, Crest Haven Road and the Carden State Parkway; in Cape May Courthouse. Home Health Care in Cape May County. Full information regarding Home Health Care and the Home Health Agency may be obtained by calling: 465-3181.

The Home health Agency works in cooperation with the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital prior to the patient's discharge. Richard Magee. MSYV is the hospital social worker. The Home Health Care program is available to residents of Cape May County on a physician’s referral. (Jerald Thornton is I lx* Freeholder Director of the Cape May County Health Department Louis Uimanna is the Cape May County Public Health Coordinator Is Home Health Care Covered by Medicare? Home Health Care can be covered under cither Medicare i hospital insurance or Medicare medical insurance^, depending on Ihe circumstances of a particular case. A leaflet, entitled "HOME HEALTH CAKE UNDER MjEpICAKE," gives more details about this protection and lists the conditions under which Medicare can p;(V lor these services. —Fora free copy, visit your Social Security office. You may also call Social Security’s 'Medicare) toll-free phone number: 800-272-1111. Visits for Home Health care arc covered by Blue-Cross-Blue Shield and other commerical health plans According to standards for licensure of the Home Health Agencies issued by Ihe N.J. Dept of Health (Oct. 1977) item 6.0-6-1. An advisory Croup of Professional Personelshall be established by the governing authority 'The Board of Freeholders). The group shall include: At least three physicians. A Publico Hca 111) Nurse Director and-or supervisor. A representative ol each therapeufic service offered by the agency. Representatives of other professional disciplines. A la> person or persons knowledgeable in health affairs. At lefist one member shall be neither an owner non an employee of Hie facility. The Advisory group shall meet at least lour <4i times a year and the meetings shall be documented by written dated minutes, 'attached herewith copy of Resolution dated 12-27-78 appointing members to the Prolessional Advisory Committee of the Home Health Agency for the term commencing January 1st, 1979 and terminating December 31.1979.) Health is everyone’s concern

Emergency Gas

W/SHINGTON D C. + 8'*“ 1° I'’ 05 * Melons Following a series ol which ahve been especially meetings with top Federal hard hit by Ihe shortages and New Jersey cnerg\ a '^ misallocatlons, and officials. Congressman Bill "hose supplies have fallen Hughes iD-NJ) said lhal a below75percent number of measures arc , also asked now being considered that Bardin and O Leary to could help ease gasolingc reexamine their statistics shortages in South Jersey, a , , ) d procedures for Hughes and other New allocating supplies to New Jersey delegation mem- Jersey to take into account bers held an early morning fifthly seasonal factors, meeting in the Capitol with tremendous growth that Deputy Secretary Joh o as \ occurred in some O'Leary and State Director areas^and Ihe fact that of Energy Planning New Jersey is a corridor Charles Richman. to s,a, £ Supplying fuel to outline the specific many out-of-staters, problems of the state Hughes said he has during the current crisis maintained extensive Hughes later met privatelv con, act with fuel mer for Half an hour with chants, law enforcement Federal Energy officials, business leaders Regulatory Commission and Rovemment agencies Administrator David J ln an effort to develop Bardin, followed by contingency plans for discussions with State baling with the shortage Energy Commissioner Joel Hughes said a number ol Jacobson. recent State actions will Describing the situation also help: in South Jersey as -strong policing of in"critical." Hughes' told d epcndent trucker actions officials that continued tha l might interrupt fuel shortages raised the very deliveries; real danger of ruining the -reaching agreements remaining ten weeks of the wi,h Ratline dealers shore s top tourist season, ^hich averted a threatened threatening the continued dealers strike; and viability ol numerous •■reaching agreemenl businesses. with several oil companies At the same time, to advance July supplies to Hughes flatly rejected cover the last weekend in ■* Federal claims that the June and the long July shortage is no worse in fourth Holiday. New Jersey than in anv The bottom line, acother State. "It’s obvious to cording to Hughes, everyone that the situation however, is that Federal in New .Jersey and other Energy officials must be nearby States is far more Prepared to deal more critical than in other strongly with the major oil regions of the nation." companies Hughes said Hughes said. that increasing evidence of "While we have long stockpiling and low lines, odd-even rationing, refinery production can no and many stations closed longer be ignored, entirely, there are other "Many people are regions where there are no legitimately asking shortages whatsoever, and whether it is the public some States are even officiate, or the major oil voluntarily surrendering companies, which are their 5 percent cnergency making the energy policy reserves.” Hughes con- decisions for our country." tinued. Hughes said. Hughes has asked State J^ 81 week. Hughes fired Energy Eommissioner °H an angry telegram to Jacobson to free up a President Carter urging portion of the State s thal immediate steps be emergency supplies to laken to end any deliberate provide additional fuel for withholding of fuel that resort area gas stations ma y “C, la king place. He over the coming long a * 80 sa ' d that if Energy weekend Secretary S^Wesinger is In selecting stations t^nwilling or unable to take receive additional supplies,atcP 8 that are needW, Hughes requested that should resign or be special consideration be replacedwith someone who will.

CAPE MAY COUNTY

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