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Waldrop, Deborah – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Decisions about treatment and options for care at the end stage of an advanced chronic illness are important determinants of the quality of a person's death and of how family members adapt in bereavement. This article describes the steps taken to secure federal funding to study how people make the decision to enroll in hospice. The National…
Descriptors: Hospices (Terminal Care), Chronic Illness, Decision Making, Federal Legislation
Mead, Sara; Vaishnav, Anand; Porter, William; Rotherham, Andrew J. – Bellwether Education Partners, 2010
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the "stimulus." Enacted in the midst of a deep recession brought on by global financial collapse, ARRA provided more than $800 billion in federal spending and tax cuts intended to stimulate the economy while…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Money Management, Economic Opportunities