bertruger smith, a gerontogist, saw that services for the elderly existed in austin, but how they operatedd to be changed. i saw many all agencies working on behalf of oldereople, but working alone, spending most of their time and thought worrying about how tmake the month's rent, not what kind of services they could provide. saw agencies that had a sense of turfism. it was their agency, and they weren't going to work with any others. this i found very worrisome because we all had in mind the goal of doing the best we could for old people. it occurred to several of us who stayed the course that if we could get these agencies working together, maybe if they lived together, in a sense, if we could get offices that were adjoing, ey could begin to talk with one anoer, work with one another, the total woulbe much greater than any of them could achieve tmselves. [music playing] family eldercare information and ferral. i you enter a.g.e.-- austin groups for the elderly, more than agencies housed in one ilding, all with a different mission, yet codinate cer aide sptrum of activities and services f