Government's Response to the Elderly: National Clearinghouse on Aging : Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - 77 lappuses |
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activities addition Administration on Aging Age Discrimination agencies on aging AOA's area agencies area plans awarded benefits BERNICE KING budget central office Chairman clearinghouse Commissioner on Aging Committee on Aging Conference on Aging CONGRESS THE LIBRARY coordination Council Department develop Education efforts evaluation Federal Field Liaison Staff field of aging fiscal year 1974 FLEMMING funds Gerontology GILBERT GUDE Government grams grants Health implementation income increase information and referral legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Manpower meals Medicaid Medicare meet ment million monitoring needs of older nursing home nutrition program nutrition projects Older Americans Act older citizens older persons pension percent planning and service President priority problems proposals RANDALL recommendations regional offices responsibility retirement Rhode Island ROYBAL rural areas Secretary served service areas services for older social security technical assistance tion University volunteers Washington Welfare White House Conference
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75. lappuse - Discrimination based on age — what some people call "age-ism" — can be as great an evil in our society as discrimination based on race or religion or any other characteristic which ignores a person's unique status as an individual and treats him or her as a member of some arbitrarily-defined group. Especially in the employment field, discrimination based on age is cruel and self-defeating; it destroys the spirit of those who want to work and it denies the Nation the contribution they could make...
34. lappuse - ... plan that will give priority to those activities and services which will assist and benefit low Income and minority older persons throughout the planning and service area...
34. lappuse - III establishes a program intended to address the failure in most communities to systematically pool the resources and services that are available for older persons and to focus them in such a manner as to make a significant impact on the lives of older persons.
71. lappuse - ... Housing Needs of Older Citizens This Administration has also worked hard to respond to the' very special housing needs of older Americans. It is expected, for example, that an all-time record in producing subsidized and Insured housing and nursing homes for the elderly will be achieved this year by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the current fiscal year, nearly 66,000 units of subsidized housing for the elderly will be funded under HUD's housing assistance programs — a figure...
70. lappuse - PROVIDING BETTER TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ELDERLY For many older Americans, lack of mobility means poor access to friends and relatives, to government services and to meaningful participation in the community. Unless we meet the challenge of providing better transportation for older persons, our efforts in other fields will not be as effective as they should be. This is why I told the delegates to the White House Conference on Aging that I would, by administrative action, require that Federal grants...
76. lappuse - What we need is a comprehensive, coordinated research program, one which includes disciplines ranging from biomedical research to transportation systems analysis, from psychology and sociology to management science and economics. To coordinate the development of such a program, a new Technical Advisory Committee for Aging Research will be created in the office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. A GENERATION No LONGER FORGOTTEN We all grow old; the younger generation today will be...
64. lappuse - ... direction of the Secretaries of the Treasury, and of Health, Education, and Welfare. The purpose of this intensive investigation is to develop ways of putting this Nation's educational system on a sounder financial footing while helping to relieve the enormous burden of school property taxes. REDUCING INCOME TAX BURDENS Recently approved and pending changes in the income tax laws also provide special help to older persons. Under these provisions, a single person age 65 or over would be able to...
36. lappuse - It shall be the duty and function of the Administration to— (1) serve as a clearinghouse for information related to problems of the aged and aging; (2) assist the Secretary in all matters pertaining to problems of the aged and aging...