1996_10 The Daily Collegian October 1996

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Monday, October 7,1996
News
Elderly
Continued from page 1.
Beverly Esquibel, executive direc¬
tor. "I think that it is a wonderful
compliment for youths."
Students help the elderly with
cleaning, laundry, and meal prepa¬
ration. The service is designed to
keep clients home rather than be¬
ing sent to a nursing home.
Esquibel said that many students
working for FVS do volunteer work
for the elderly outside of their paid
hours. ,
"I have lots of hope for Genera¬
tion X." Esquibel said. "I don't
think the young get the press they
deserve."
"We employ two students [per
client] to do the yard and house¬
work," Albright said. "It makes a
great deal of difference in our lives
and lets us continue to remain at
home,- where we really want to be."
Last year, the FVS served 754
seniors. Instead of the $11.50 per
hour with a four hour minimum
charged by for-profit agencies, FVS
charges a sliding contribution of
$6.50 to $8.50 per hour with a two
hour minimum. Students are paid
from the contribution.
Most of the students working for
FVS come from "helping profes¬
sions" like nursing and physical
therapy. Yet some also come from
the engineering and business de¬
partments.
"Last year the client who had
been with us the longest, nineteen
years, finally had to go to a nursing
home," Esquibel said. "She started
out with one student doing small
chores like laundry, and had three
students every day right before she
went to the home."
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FRESNO STATE
Aid
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ment in the future," he said.
But he noted most legal aliens
who are not financially independent
or who do not have an approved job
must have a sponsor to keep them
from becoming a "public charge"
— a law he believes the govern¬
ment is lax in enforcing.
Student aid "is a form of public
benefit," he said. "As long as we
are rationing, its not such a bad idea
to make immigrants citizens [before
they are eligible for it J."
The GAO report, which Callihan
Health
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dative route."
Idelson said the proposition also
takes away the bonus many doctors
receive for witholding information
or care from patients.
"Gag rules would be banned,"
he said. "Doctors and nurses are
now threatened with their job when
they try to speak out or talk to the
media."
The proposition will also pro¬
hibit patients from being offered
specialized care without a second
called "probably the most definitive
study of its kind." focused on grants
— not subsidized loans, which con¬
stitute more than half of the federal
government's $50 billion in total
student aid. It is not entirely clear
how much of that total goes to non-
citizens, Callahan said.
It is known, however, that many
students receive more than one kind
of aid. At California State Univer¬
sity, Sacramento most of the 6,000
students who get Pell Grants also
get federal loans, according to Fi¬
nancial Aid Director Linda
demons. State-issued aid is unaf¬
fected by the new federal law,-
Callihan said. California deter¬
mines eligibility for the Cal Grant
program "essentially the same" way
opinion from a qualified health of¬
ficial. Idelson said this problem is
not only for elderly people with
poor health.
"Any person in college has a
family member who might need
health care, whether it be a grand¬
parent, parent, aunt or uncle." he
said. "This proposition will ensure
that they get that care."
Idelson also cited the fact that
infectious diseases such as AIDS,
tuberculosis and Hepatitis B are
spreading and any one of these dis¬
eases can affect young people.
According the Nov. 5. 1996
California Ballot Pamphlet, oppo-
as the U.S. does for federal pro¬
grams.
"I hope the state will have the
funds to continue to provide assis¬
tance to all who want to contribute
to our economy and society," said
Rep. Vic Fazio (D-Woodland). who
voted for the bill.
Callihan cautioned that while
legal alien students survived the
welfare bill, they aren't out of the
woods yet. Immigration reform is
just around the corner, he noted, and
because California is home to so
many immigrant students, educa-
tors here are closely watching it
develop.
V "Certainly that's another one
that's on everyone's radar screen."
he said.
nents against Proposition 216 claim
that passing the measure would
only result in "costly bureaucratic
rules" that are already required in
the health care industry.
Opponents of the measure also
claim that taxes and health care
costs will increase. The higher costs
are estimated to affect families and
small businesses the hardest
Proposition 216 is sponsored by
the California Nurses Association
and consumer advocate Harvey
Rosenfield. The proposition is op
posed by groups such as the Daugh¬
ters of Charity. California
Taxpayer's Association and various
health care provider agencies.
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