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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1976
The report summarizes Federal legislation for the elderly enacted into law during 1975 and 1976. The Older American Amendments, SSI cost-of-living increases, the Tax Acts of 1975 and 1976 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act Ammendments are reviewed. The report summarizes only legislation enacted into law and does not include measures passed…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Federal Legislation, Gerontology, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
Due to the smaller populations of rural areas, the greater distances between places, the generally smaller and one-dimensional economic bases, and the movement of younger persons away from rural areas, the rural elderly have unique problems. Few services are available which are designed to help elderly persons remain in their homes rather than in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Needs, Hearings, Housing
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the rural elderly in southern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to everyday problems of the elderly. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topocs addressed include: transportation, health care services, housing, nutrition…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the nation's rural elderly, and focuses on the Elderly Indian in Arizona. Problems addressed include: the lack of transportation, the lack of adequate housing and nursing homes, the scarcity of home care and homemaking services, and insufficient income. Programs in existence, as well as programs that are needed are discussed.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing focuses on conditions of the rural elderly in northern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to the elderly's everyday problems. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topics addressed include: transportation, health care services,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1975
Though amended in 1973, the Older Americans Act of 1965 has not met the needs of the rural elderly and was, consequently, the subject of these hearings by the Senate's Special Committee on Aging which consider proposed legislation under Title III of the Act to gain support for demonstration programs to assist older rural people and to improve the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Equalization Aid, Health, Housing
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1988
The Hispanic American elderly represent an ever growing share of America's older population. This report provides statistical information about the older Hispanic American population in the following areas: (1) demography; (2) composition; (3) geographical distribution; (4) population projections; (5) income; (6) poverty, including poverty among…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Employment Level, Geographic Distribution
