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Maggie Kuhn discusses the elderly and nursing homes

BROADCAST: Sep. 29, 1975 | DURATION: 00:34:22

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Synopsis

Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers, discusses the elderly and nursing homes. Kuhn notes the separation we currently see of older generations from the rest of the population, often in the form of separate housing, and how this only enforces negative stigmas of the elderly. Studs plays "Hello in There" - John Prine (1971) and "Me and Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin (1971).