European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Child care Industry taps new resource the elderly by Glenn Collins new York times the child care Industry he Ivy in to Lurito older americans a previous  Pool to help cafe Lor the Nahon in Hool children the Hope is  retired people and no Over thu sir of 55 May help Meel a growing  in n Field ail .1 chronic shortage of younger in ski r who arc  Tri  Tor its usually love wages beyond the.  its and child development  to l   linking the old and the of in oilers  lil i Irir hath to a time when mobility Hiis isolated Milf Corr of children irom grandparents and other older it ,1 .1 til is Cert Mil a to and now in Day care. Said or Paul a a r a  pics Ideal of Iho National f found i Iun or Long  i to Alth care a research organisation  in  Kinder  Iii. The largest National Cham of child Caie  thai about 10 percent to 12 Poteet of me company1 16,400 workers arc Over the age  05 and it is recruiting More often through  Giri Cipr and local and National organisations Lor the t let in the number of our elderly workers has Dol Miloy been increasing said Jonn Cunningham Norl cast regional manager of the Chain which has 1.100 facilities in 40 Stales and cares Lor 120,000 children the role of the ride re in child care has raised durations about tanning and certification which older people May link there is also concern about the Plenh fur exploitation of the elderly in Low paying jobs  o Hor j May not  nonetheless Many o�pcr1s Are enthusiastic Rhonl the can copt for old people to need to he needed it sure peal to Keg in Mcdonald a said Rose Dobro. A Cut Rio Yjih a tar of the Brookdale Center on arming of  Colf cya in now York you almost could t Ihrk of u Lif Iii i kit Toi Omo a Dart people caring for children  Fri a them tremendous gratification and give them an Opportunity to Corn some Money in a a  a Rnea Iii jul ind per on Fly regarding Oldoni ctn a Cyri worker or oreo i think of it this is an open n id Lor older a Omar and Thuro arc a lot of people Lite me out theft. Said Edith Gembicki 60 years old who crus far 4 year Olds Al the Kinder care learning Center in a Saffen. My got incl i is a reined defense department personnel clerk a s really the Ideal of for me Sho sad Ive by torn add cled to working with your a children they  me Fiel so your a f work Eihl hours a Day. Hut not everyone my ago might want to work that much " there no doubt that this 15 a labor Pool that Quill be turned to increasingly in the  said Marjano Home a professor of economics at Hunter College who has done a Okiec tons of the income status of the elderly the still to Alder employees can be attributed to demographic farces More  Are working More children need child care. Yth we have the highest turnover rate of an held due to the Tow wages and Low  said Ellen Gal sky director of work life studios at the Bank Streel College of Educ Ahon and president elect of the National Assoc Ahon for the education of Youny children with 55.000 Tim leis the Large so re Socia turn of Early childhood professionals at inc Sann time. Inc turn bar of younger Orreis is declining t i a Wintis Home ii Ireail of i Taidt statistics show that a 1992 Thuro a i an Only 7 4 million  Between the Ages of 16 and 19m the labor Lorce workers in to Sorne age group numbered 9 million m i960 according to Why 5980 census individuals Over the age of 55 Rani to Lor ?5 ppr Chi o the nation s workers in of irn ily   13 percent of other child Corn Korkor i and 7 per neut of preschool Leac Liers there1 Are bet Teri 2 8 million and 3 4 million preschool teachers Tihel child Caro workers according to the National association Lor the education of Young children Trio Bureau of labor statistics predicts that this category will grow Fly 20 percent by the year 2000 the growth is occurring As an increasing number of elderly people Are Locking to enter the labor Loco social Security Hon Eliis Are gradually being reduced said Home of Hunter College so retirement jobs will be increasingly attractive and older people Are healthier than they uned to be " Hon Ira added child care is Cerl ninja one of the into thai would interest Imp. Given the flexible hours and the nature of the work social Security r1 in t enough so its a Good thing to be abbe to bring i some e1ra Money,1  Gaynell Long who works Wilh 3-year-Olds Al the Young Coa child care Center in  memorial Hospital i icel my last of at inn 65 Sta of Home for a year and realized that i needed activity i live alone and i missed the whole idea of being around people especially  Long is being trained m the stale funded Young co  program. Lor people Over the age of 55 whose income is Tess than �5.700 m has become a Model Tor efforts to tiring older americans info Day care after a year of course work and training at inc Confer jul cons receive a child Caro credential from Central Arizona College in Chandler. Ariz. So far. The program has graduated 10 interns ranging in age from 55 to 68. All of whom have been employed by Phoenix child care centers in Lull limn jobs according to Gerry Kroloff the program s director Many child care a Perl emphasize that older child care workers Benefit irom training even if they have had experience with Mieir own children you can l say that Liui  an Aldei person has a wonderful a family Lor children. They can be skilled child care workers said Gal sky yet some oppose the training  when or Ople Are it a fro old ii a  Why should i Travo to a j Back to  jul 10 r Zirri 11 or if in hour said Ann Ruf can a in e  i it til Kinaj i  ,  and ill or a retune a Teno we Early  i. Fnir1 Ardit. Andrj we re finding Itiat to can t hire. A Kloral or Nile my Way we d like to Sale licensing folic ii it it girl the  Janet Hookailo. A sink is Arnan in the .  office for children and they Are not onerous hut necessary to pro decl the Well being of children in Caro " the Agency lick nor out of Hornc child care and sets requirements for the  s 35,000 child care workers Low wages Are the Rukaj for int St  care workers. Nol just the elderly those  m the pro unix internship program  in $3 3s the minimum wage alter a year they earn  85 wages in Kinder care centers across the country vary irom minimum wage in 35, depending on the slain in a Len areas such As Virginia Iho Cost of living har  Kinder care Salines to tho$6 Range such wages have mi1/ i r in i he it nut Iho exploitation of elderly workers Doti Rof. Of Iho Eiron Dajc censer on aging holi Vei that you have to worry a Raul exploitation when you put together two relatively powerless and easily stigma i a groups children and the elderly Bui rather Ihan being exploited it could be irial t Irli a people will bring up the level of working conditions in child care. She  one a Forl has sought to bring Iho Young to the old ice child care Mure la in 75 programs Najfi orally have set up child care centers in nursing Homos and other Long Lerm care facilities Nyrl their number is growing according to Carol r Hegeman director of research at the foundation Lor Long term care inc. In Albany in the Only comprehensive National Eludy of such child Caro centers in 10b5 i i Vieman Lound that Uch to chives enable the elderly to reconnect Wilh the Young she said and also they reprove the morale and the retention of nursing Horn,1 employees Many of whom use the Day care a Ioli in for then children Granta Logiste believe that linking the Young and the old will Benefit both. Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday december 27. 1987