CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — Bruce Nance, 82, has been reappointed to the Georgia Council on Aging by Gov. Sonny Perdue. He was originally appointed in the early 1990s and is one of the longest-tenured members on the 20-member council. The council advises the governor, the General Assembly and the Board of Human Resources on aging issues.
Q: What issues have you dealt with on the council?
A: One of them was getting the $50 a month for the aging people.
People go to the nursing home and personal care homes and (the homes) take all of their money. They take their Social Security; if they have a pension or anything like that, they take that. They take all of their money for the nursing home, the proposition being that they set aside $30 a month for their personal care. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, getting their hair fixed, paying the dental bill. And $30 just doesn’t get it.
So we were successful in getting the General Assembly to raise that to $50 a month, which was a great thing for people like that. These are the things that we do.