He enlarged the Committee's staff, held hearings, and conducted research into the problems of older Americans. Some of the Committee's accomplishments included expansion of home care for the elderly, reform bills to reduce abuses against patients in nursing homes, increased funding for geriatric training for the senior nutrition program, an attack on consumer frauds such as medical quackery, and an agenda for reform in housing and income security. Creation of a national health security system. Federally funded home health care. Medicare and Medicaid coverage for annual checkups, professional and nutritional counseling, eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, medical appliances, and diagnostic services.
Nursing homes audits for abuses of the elderly by staff.
Expansion of nutrition programs. Congressional grants to permit airlines to offer standby and other discount airfares to the elderly. Meeting housing needs of elderly Americans. Improved security against elderly crime victimization and con games. Increased funding of jobs under the Older Americans Act earmarked for the elderly.