Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress.

Federal government.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1990

Summary:

Aspects of OAA long-term care ombudsman programs, with examples of successful State programs; recommendations for strengthening ombudsman programs under the OAA

Elias S. Cohen, Vice President, Community Services Institute of Philadelphia, presents a statement (pages 362-370)

Examples of information and referral services funded under the OAA; description of Maryland senior assistance and information programs, including coordination by the AoA; relationship between Atlanta, Ga. information network and Federal and State systems (related charts, 289-299)

Features of Baltimore, Md. model medical program for the elderly; importance of OAA information and referral services for the urban elderly, with examples of local programs

Focuses on programs under OAA Title III, including information and referral activities, long-term care ombudsman program, and legal assistance programs

Highlights of AoA efforts to improve administration of OAA programs; aspects of AoA coordination with other Federal agencies; views on AoA relationships with State and local aging agencies

Includes audience participation throughout

Issues involved in OAA programs, with recommendations on areas of concern; problems involved in delivery of social services to target populations under the OAA; need for new role of network of aging resource centers under OAA Title III

Perspectives on legal services to the elderly under the OAA, including medicaid-related cases; aspects of elderly legal service use and need in Arkansas (related tables, 391-419 passim); examples of Evergreen Legal Services activities in Washington State

Supplementary material (pages 1-115 and throughout) includes a submitted statement and:

Transcript of a series of workshops, conducted with GAO and CRS assistance, in anticipation of the 1991 reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965. Examines OAA elderly assistance programs provided by State, local, and area agencies on aging under Administration on Aging (AoA) supervision

Notes:

CRS Report

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. 91-S142-6

Publisher Number:

CRS-1990-CRS-0004

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