I do think that we get lost in a bureaucracy a great deal. I would like to see a higher level. As you get older, you want it to be more compact and not have to go through so many places and go through so much red tape. But not all elderly agree with Dreyer, including one senior citizen, who asked that her name not be used. I don't think there's a necessity to create another department when they already have access to all those departments.
Politicians are also at odds over the issue.
Lieutenant Governor Roger Wilson spear headed the efforts within state government to create an Aging Department. We broke out the department of corrections when it was a division. And each of these evolved into a societal need. I think the senior need is greater than either one of those was when they became departments. But Wilson's idea ran into opposition during the last legislative session.