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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1990
This document contains the 1989 annual report of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. It describes actions during 1989 by the Congress, the federal administration, and the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, which are significant to America's older citizens. It also summarizes and analyzes the federal policies and programs that are of the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Federal Programs, Older Adults, Public Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1990
This document contains the appendices to the 1989 annual report of the Senate Special Committee on Aging which: (1) describes actions during 1989 by the Congress, the federal administration, and the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, that are significant to America's older citizens; and (2) summarizes and analyzes the federal policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Federal Programs, Older Adults, Public Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
This document contains the Congressional 1986 Federal Income Tax Guide for Older Americans designed to help older Americans with moderate incomes file their 1985 federal income tax returns. It emphasizes issues which affect senior citizens directly and discusses each section of the tax forms. Information is provided on Internal Revenue Service…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Income, Older Adults, Reference Materials
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
This document is a short report on issues related to eliminating mandatory retirement ages. H.R. 4154, Congressman Pepper's bill to legislate elimination of mandatory retirement by removing the maximum age limitation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, is included. The report includes the following sections: (1) questions and…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Mandatory Retirement, Older Adults
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document contains a report by the House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor concerning the bill H.R. 1451 to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991; and to reauthorize the Native American Programs Act of 1974 for an additional 4 years at a level of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Older Adults
O'Shaughnessy, Carol – 1987
The Older American Act Amendments of 1987 (Public Law 100-175) contain no major overhaul of the Act, but new provisions do significantly expand certain service components of the state and area agency on aging program under title III to address the special needs of certain populations, including the frail elderly living at home, residents of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Human Services, Older Adults
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
Presented is a report on the Senate bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for and to strengthen the provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and for other purposes. The document opens by reporting favorably on the bill as amended and by recommending passage. The following topics are addressed: (1) summary of bill; (2) background…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Human Services, Older Adults
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1975
This Act amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish certain social services programs for Older Americans and to extend the authorization of appropriations contained in such Act, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, and for other purposes. The law is dated November 28, 1975. (Author)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Laws, Legislation, Older Adults
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1986
This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from a Senate hearing called to examine the relationship between nutrition, aging, and health. An opening statement by Senator Jeff Bingaman is included. Jeffrey Blumberg, the acting associate director of the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, provides an…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Health, Hearings, Nutrition
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
Text of a Congressional hearing held in Tucson, Arizona, to examine health care and the diagnostic related group (DRG) system is presented in this document. Opening statements are delivered by Representatives Kolbe and McCain. Witnesses testifying include: (1) two older Arizona residents who had experienced problems related to diagnostic related…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Health Services, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
Text of a Congressional hearing examining the 10-year-old Long-Term-Care Ombudsman Program funded under the Older Americans Act is presented in this document. Opening remarks are given by Representatives Wyden, Snowe, Biaggi, and Robinson. Witnesses testifying include: (1) Michio Suzuki, Associate Commissioner, Office of State and Tribal Programs,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Hearings, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
This document is the first of three documents which present the Senate hearings on catastrophic health insurance called to determine how the private sector and the government can work together to lend support to the elderly and their families when they are threatened by catastrophic illness and to examine the issue of coverage of catastrophic…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Care Costs, Health Insurance, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
This document, the second in a series of three which present the text of Senate hearings on catastrophic health insurance, focuses on the impact of catastrophic health insurance on consumers and health care providers. Testimony is included by these witnesses: (1) Senator Pete V. Domenici; (2) Wilbur Cohen, professor of Public Affairs, University…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Care Costs, Health Insurance, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1988
This document presents a briefing by Representative Claude Pepper on the abuses in guardianship of the elderly and infirm, and testimony from witnesses at the Congressional hearing called to examine the issue of guardianship abuse. The opening statement of Representative Pepper and a prepared statement of Representative Helen Delich Bentley are…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Hearings, Mental Disorders, Older Adults
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1984
This document contains testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to review program operations of the section 202 Direct Loan Program, a federal housing effort for the elderly and handicapped. Witnesses include the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Hearings
