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| Gerontology | 4 |
| Government Role | 4 |
| Older Adults | 4 |
| Institutionalized Persons | 2 |
| Public Policy | 2 |
| Civil Liberties | 1 |
| Community Role | 1 |
| Community Services | 1 |
| Deinstitutionalization (of… | 1 |
| Federal Programs | 1 |
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Peer reviewedVinyard, Dale – Society, 1978
The commitment on the part of the national government to provide some assistance to the elderly began in the 1930s, but in the last decade or so, this commitment has substantially increased. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Gerontology, Government Role, History
Peer reviewedCohen, Elias S. – Society, 1978
America's elderly are affected in very special ways by the law: some as a result of special legislation or court decisions, some deriving from the objective life-situation of certain old people, and some from the special prejudices that are visited upon the elderly. (Author)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Gerontology, Government Role, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedTobin, Sheldon S. – Society, 1978
This article discusses the issues surrounding community alternatives to institutional care. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Community Role, Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Gerontology
Peer reviewedZander, Mary – Society, 1978
This paper examines the circumstances of the elderly poor and suggests that a separate system of income maintenance and services would be a more efficient policy for meeting their needs than the present system of lumping them together with other welfare recipients. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Gerontology, Government Role, Income, Low Income Groups
