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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The texts of three Senate hearings on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act of 1965 are provided in this document. The first hearing examines changing needs of the elderly. Needs of minority elders for services under the Act are discussed in the second hearing. The final hearing examines the functioning of current programs to determine…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs
Rural and Small-City Elderly. An Information Paper. United States Senate, 98th Congress, 2d Session.
Pressler, Larry; Swenson, Diane – 1984
Responses from 27 State offices on aging revealed 8 recurring problems of rural and small-town elderly: a need for a uniform legislative definition of rural; the need for a complete rural strategy to reverse discrimination against rural and small-city elderly; a need to streamline Federal regulations; the need for changes in the Older Americans…
Descriptors: Definitions, Discriminatory Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Services
