Finding Aid for the Center for Healthy Aging records
0414
Finding aid prepared by John Howard Fowler
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2004
Title: Center for Healthy Aging records
Collection number: 0414
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
4 boxes
Date: 1976-
Abstract: The Center for Healthy Aging is a Santa Monica based organization whose main goal is to provide health advice and counselling
for senior citizens who might otherwise not be able to afford such care. The Center began in 1976 under the name of Senior
Health Peer Counseling; the name was changed to Center for Healthy Aging in 1995. The collection presently contains materials
from the governing board meetings, correspondence of the Center's two executive officers, Bernice Bratter (1976-1985) and
Monika White (1985-the present), some publications, materials relating to grants and to cooperative efforts between the Center
and other charitable organizations on the Westside of Los Angeles.
creator:
Center for Healthy Aging (Santa Monica, Calif.).
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Center for Healthy Aging.
Acquisition Information
The material was acquired from the Center for Healthy Aging and its Director, Monika White.
Processing Note
The records were received in fairly good order. For the most part, original order was adhered to in creating the archival
files. Exceptions to this rule are to be found mainly in the series dealing with publications, since what there were of these
had to be extracted from other files. Newspaper clippings files were only selectively kept; those that appear in the Los Angeles
Times or other easily available newspapers were not kept. Some photocopies of newsapers were made for preservation purposes.
The Director of the Center has discussed continuing donations of records to the CSWA.
Historical Note
The Center for Healthy Aging is a Santa Monica based organization whose main goal is to provide health advice and counselling
for senior citizens who might otherwise not be able to afford such care. The Center began in 1976 under the name of Senior
Health peer Counseling; the name was changed to Center for Healthy Aging in 1995.
Scope and Content
The collection presently contains materials from the governing board meetings, correspondence of the Center's two executive
officers, Bernice Bratter (1976-1985) and Monika White (1985-the present), some publications, and materials relating to grants
and to cooperative efforts between the Center and other charitable organizations on the West side of Los Angeles. The papers
provide a particularly good look at the Center's relationship to its directors and to other organizations.
Organization
This collection is organized into the following series:
1. Administration
2. Extraneous Agencies
3. Governance
4. Grants and Proposals
5. Publications
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Center for Healthy Aging records, Collection no. 0414, California Social Welfare Archives, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bratter, Bernice -- Archives
Center for Healthy Aging (Santa Monica, Calif.). -- Archives
White, Monika -- Archives
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--Archival resources
Social service--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social work with older people--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Administration 1.
1987-1996
Physical Description:
1.0 linear ft.
Box 4, Folder 12
Annual Giving Program
1990-1991
General note
Prepared by Netzel Associates, Inc.
Executive Director
1987-1996
Bernice Bratter's Correspondence
1987-1992
Box 2, Folder 74
October 1987 - December 1987
Box 3, Folder 5
July 1990 - December 1990
Box 3, Folder 7
June 1991 - September 1991
Box 3, Folder 8
October 1991 - December 1991
Box 3, Folder 9
January 1992 - April 1992
Box 3, Folder 12
Personnel Policies Manual
c. 1996
Older Adults Mental Health Recovery Services Program
Consultant Contracts
1992
Box 4, Folder 8
Providers
1992
Scope and Contents note
Contact information for community workers and agencies.
Box 4, Folder 15
Century City Hospital
1991
Box 3, Folder 21
County of Los Angeles
1988
General note
Caring for Older Adults: Meeting the Challenge
Box 3, Folder 22
County of San Diego
1990
General note
Caregiver's Handbook
Box 3, Folder 29
Department of Health Services. State of California
31 March 1993
Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
1993
Los Angeles County Managed Care Planning Council
Box 3, Folder 25
Preliminary Reports of Consultant Committees
19 May 1993
Box 3, Folder 24
Unified System for a Healthy Los Angeles
15 June 1993
General note
Rough Draft #3.
Box 3, Folder 20
National Fire Protection Association
1991
General note
Fire Safety Pamphlets
Box 4, Folder 18
Santa Monica / West Los Angeles Clinical Research Cooperative
1993-1994
Westside Health Crisis Coalition
General note
Coalition includes Venice Family Clinic, UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Nursing, St. John's Hospital, Santa
Monica UCLA Medical Center, Daniel Freeman Hospitals, Westside Women's Health Center, Venice Women's Clinic, & SHPC.
Box 4, Folder 1
Correspondence
1995 - 1996
Los Angeles County Contracts
White House. United States Government
Box 3, Folder 30
Clinton Administration Description of President's Health Care Reform Plan
07 September 1993
Box 3, Folder 31
President's Health Reform Proposal
15 September 1993
General note
Header for each page; "Working Group Draft. Privileged and Confidential."
Advisory Board/Board of Directors
Meeting Packets
General note
Originally included Happenings and other SHPC/CHA publications; many of these have been abstracted to fill out the Publications
series.
Box 2, Folder 30
23 December 1991
General note
End of year report from Bernice Bratter.
Box 2, Folder 13
01 June 1994
General note
Board of Directors Installation invitation.
Box 2, Folder 16
17 January 1995
General note
Includes 1994 Annual Report.
Box 2, Folder 20
21 June 1995
General note
Board of Directors Installation invitation.
Box 2, Folder 21
31 October 1995
General note
Meeting cancelled
Box 2, Folder 22
05 December 1995
General note
Includes 1995 Annual Report.
Executive Committee
General note
Some have board member notes and interlineations. When two copies exist, both are kept if handwritten notes vary significantly.
Before 1993, originally filed with board meetings.
Box 1, Folder 8
11 September 1991
General note
Includes copy of by-laws. 1991 Board roster extracted.
Box 1, Folder 13
11 February 1992
General note
Includes planning materials for board retreat.
Box 1, Folder 40
07 February 1995
General note
Meeting cancelled
Box 1, Folder 41
07 March 1995
General note
Includes table of organization and bylaws.
Box 1, Folder 50
06 February 1996
General note
Includes a copy of the 1995-2000 Strategic Plan
Box 1, Folder 56
10 September 1996
General note
Includes minutes of 21 August meeting, for which no packet is preserved.
Box 1, Folder 57
08 October 1996
General note
Includes Personnel Policies Manual.
Box 1, Folder 61
11 February 1997
General note
Joint meeting with W.I.S.E.
Standing Committees
General note
Committee Reports are often included in the minutes of Executive Board meetings.
Finance
General note
Sometimes meet with Planned Giving Committee.
Box 4, Folder 16
Human Resource Committee
1992
Box 2, Folder 63
Planned Giving
15 February 1995
Planning
General note
In 1994 the Planning Committee used the services of PISL consulting group. Documents for this consultation are in the Task
Forces subseries.
Task Forces
Scope and Contents note
Includes ad hoc committees, task forces, and focus groups.
Box 2, Folder 68
20th Anniversary Task Force
19 June 1995
Box 2, Folder 72
Rotary Club/Peer Councelling
1991
General note
Joint Proposal
Box 2, Folder 64
Board Meeting Change Poll
30 October 1991
Box 2, Folder 65
Board Relations Task Force
10 November 1995
Box 3, Folder 11
Board Survey
1993
General note
Poll for best meeting dates.
Box 2, Folder 67
Consumer Focus Group
20 May 1994
Box 2, Folder 66
Government Relations Committee
1990
Scope and Contents note
Ad hoc response to proposed State budget cuts. Includes materials from the California Coalition for Mental Health and allied
agencies.
PISL Consultation
Scope and Contents note
Consultant was Rusty Dennison. Packet of materials used by or descriptive of the SHPC.
Box 2, Folder 69
1994
General note
Correspondence
Box 2, Folder 70
03 October 1994
General note
Advanced materials
Box 3, Folder 43
Blue Cross Community Foundation Community Clinic Fund
1997
Box 3, Folder 37
California Community Foundation
1997
California Wellness Foundation
Scope and Contents note
Community Action for Women's Health Project--"To implement and evaluate a comprehensive screening and health education program
targeting American Indian and Samoan women over the age of 40." Project ultimately led to collaboration with the Native Women's
Wellness through Awareness project (NAWWA).
Box 3, Folder 38
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
1994 - 1997
Box 3, Folder 42
Partners in Care
1995
Scope and Contents note
Group of grant proposals and correspondence with several hospitals and charitable foundations.
Box 3, Folder 40
Retirement Research Foundation
1995
Box 3, Folder 41
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1996
Box 3, Folder 39
Santa Monica Youth Athletic Foundation
1995 - 1996
W. M. Keck Foundation
General note
Women's Wellness Program
Box 3, Folder 33
Women's Wellness Program Planning
1994
Happenings
General note
Extracted from packets created for Board/Advisory meetings. Series incomplete.
Box 3, Folder 19
1995
General note
Final Issue, August 1995.
Box 3, Folder 13
Prime Scene
1991
General note
Possibly only published in 1991. Extracted from packets created for Board/Advisory meetings.
Box 3, Folder 14
Reach Together
1991 -1995
General note
Extracted from packets created for Board/Advisory meetings. Series very incomplete.