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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1984
This document contains the transcripts of testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to gather information on Michigan's Older Americans Act programs. Following the opening statement of Representative Albosta, briefly summarizing the objectives of the Act, the prepared statement of Representative Hertel is given.…
Descriptors: Hearings, Home Programs, Individual Needs, Nutrition
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
Due to the smaller populations of rural areas, the greater distances between places, the generally smaller and one-dimensional economic bases, and the movement of younger persons away from rural areas, the rural elderly have unique problems. Few services are available which are designed to help elderly persons remain in their homes rather than in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Needs, Hearings, Housing
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the rural elderly in southern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to everyday problems of the elderly. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topocs addressed include: transportation, health care services, housing, nutrition…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the nation's rural elderly, and focuses on the Elderly Indian in Arizona. Problems addressed include: the lack of transportation, the lack of adequate housing and nursing homes, the scarcity of home care and homemaking services, and insufficient income. Programs in existence, as well as programs that are needed are discussed.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing focuses on conditions of the rural elderly in northern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to the elderly's everyday problems. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topics addressed include: transportation, health care services,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1972
This hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs began with opening statements by a number of senators. Following this, statements were made by a number of witnesses, including Hon. Claude Pepper, a U.S. Representative from the Eleventh District of the State of Florida; Dr. Jean Mayer, professor of nutrition, Harvard…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
National Indian Council on Aging, Albuquerque, NM. – 1981
A national training session for administrators of tribal aging programs held by the National Indian Council on Aging in November 1979 was the basis for the training manual. The seven chapter titles reflect workshop topics with the text of each chapter incorporating material presented in the workshops and examples of model programs on reservations.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, American Indians, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1975
Though amended in 1973, the Older Americans Act of 1965 has not met the needs of the rural elderly and was, consequently, the subject of these hearings by the Senate's Special Committee on Aging which consider proposed legislation under Title III of the Act to gain support for demonstration programs to assist older rural people and to improve the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Equalization Aid, Health, Housing
California State Dept. of Employment Development, Sacramento. – 1991
These proceedings of an older workers symposium include the following presentations and workshop summaries: "Symposium Opening--Agency Welcome" (Dean Hewitt et al.); "Report on Job Training Initiatives of the Wilson Administration" (Thomas Nagle); "Older Worker Issues Update" (Dean Hewitt); "Summary of Report on…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Basic Skills, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
