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Show PCTw ittjidomrfts oitd pmmde by Lisa Carricaburu "The Shared Housing Program is a good alternative to a nursing home because it has obvious benefits for both the Chronicle staff and the student. home-provid- er Providing protection end compxniomhip foraa elderly person in exchange for room end board may be a satisfying way for some students to meet the financial needs of college life. Through a year-ol- d program offered by the University er of Utah Gerontology Center, an elderly is matched with a student willing to accept both the advantages and the responsibilities of sharing the home. In exchange for free room and board, the student agrees to assist the by preparing meals, running errands, doing yard work, or performing various other household duties. Although students serve as both protectors and companions for their alderly they are U. U. of from prohibited by regulations providing medical home-provid- home-provid- er home-provide- piroft&Etfcin) rs, care. She said the program, unique to the U. of U., has been very successful and rewarding since its beginning last year. The Gerontology Center has currently matched 10 students with elderly but Kasteler said home-provide-rs, there are no longer enough students to meet the large number of requests from the elderly in the community. "We are very enthusiastic about the results of the program,' she said. "Even though matching students rs with elderly is a new innovation, its success at the U. may make it possible to share the program with other universities.' Kasteler said a student wishing to participate in the Shared Housing Program must fill out a questionaire in the Gerontology Center at the College of Nursing. rs are also asked to fill out a Elderly home-provide- Joan Kasteler, administrative assistant in the Shared Housing Program, said the program is ideal for elderly members of the community who have family in the area but wish to remain in their own homes. Often, however, they need special help or are afraid to screened and a compatible match is made. Before the student moves in with the elderly person, both are asked to compose a contract of expectations so "Participating in a program of this sort is sometimes the only way an elderly person can retain their independence," Kasteler said. commitments and responsibilities. "The contract is not binding in any way, it is just a way of assuring that no conflicts arise over each person's part of say alone. Olsen questionaire before both participants are carefully there is mutual understanding of each person's opinions. The ads get people who already agree with them to rally around the from page one In the past, politicians had to rely on party politics to earn the right to run for office, but now all a person needs is an and a good campaign, Olsen said. Some people are concerned that the power ad-m- home-provide- an of television could allow successful advertisers to put any "dupe" into office. However, in The Spot, Bates and Diamond said most research indicates that people aren't really influenced by political advertising. The book said most people only pay attention to ads that, reflect their current candidate and vote. Olsen thinks political advertising has a greater impact than the research indicates, but he said John Glenn's presidential campaign proves the public can usually recognize a poor candidate. Although Glenn's national hero image made him an ideal candidate from an advertising perspective, his campaign failed because the voters realized his personal flaws, Olsen said. "Glenn had the ideal image but when people heard him speak they were turned off," he said. tar Um Warily luMMwOri iwcmncihilitiM. "If a sxid Kasteler. match does not work out or if a person feels uncomfortable in a situation, we will make a new arrangement. The main problem erKounteredmtiKinstd revolves around the students time schedule, Kasteler said. sometimes complain because students have link time to who go to school and work part-tim- e spend at home. Even though the elderly people are counseled to help them realize how busy students are, she said the students must also realize they have a respocsibiliry to schedule enough time to spend with their home providers. "The program is sympathetic to the rime commitments students have and we also realize their need for dating and a social life,' said Kasteler. Home-provide- rs "Students should know, however, that the er is a link responsibility they have to their some services for their restrictive and they must provide room and board." The Shared Housing Program is currently in need of single male and female students, but Kasteler said married couples with no children can also be readily placed with elderly She said students interested in participating in the program can contact her at, the College of Nursing in Room 316. home-provid- home-provide- rs. Labor leaders aryiinig foul WASHINGTON (UPI) Labor committee was "seeking NONUNION musical theatre performers." It continued, "A FEE WILL NOT BE PAID FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION." The ad was not cleared by the inaugural leaders cried foul and the White House winced a bit Tuesday over an ad seeking nonunion 200 "clean-cu- t, without work and dancers to pay singers during the 50th inaugural festivities. "There's a minimum wage of $3.35 an hour," Murray Seeger, spokesman for the AFL-CIsaid. "You get it for frying hamburgers at McDonald's and you ought to at least get that much for dancing for the an" committee, spokesman John Ruckley said, adding, "we are politically a little smarter than to take out an ad phrased" that way. President Reagan, who appeared briefly before the White House press corps to announce staff changes Tuesday, would not talk about the controversy, but deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said later, "In our opinion, the ad should have been phrased differently." . O, president." A spokesman for the Reagan inaugural committee blamed the controversy on a Los Angeles consultant who placed a ad in the trade publication quarter-pag- e Backstage seeking "attractive, clean-cu- t, entertainers to work free during inagural events. 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