Problems of the Aged and Aging: Hearings Before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 10014, and Related Bills on Aged and Aging ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 |
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... adequate help for the aged and President Kennedy's statement that " the test of a civilized society is the treatment of its older citizens . America must not fail that test . " The whole thrust of H.R. 306 is in helping senior citizens ...
... adequate help for the aged and President Kennedy's statement that " the test of a civilized society is the treatment of its older citizens . America must not fail that test . " The whole thrust of H.R. 306 is in helping senior citizens ...
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... adequate housing and healthful recreational activities for themselves and their families , are confronted with disabling health and medical problems , are sometimes driven by frustation and despair to private and public mental ...
... adequate housing and healthful recreational activities for themselves and their families , are confronted with disabling health and medical problems , are sometimes driven by frustation and despair to private and public mental ...
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... adequate nutrition , preventive medicine and medical care adapted to the conditions and economic ability of their years ; Fifth , to rehabilitate and to restore to independent , useful lives in their homes , to the fullest extent ...
... adequate nutrition , preventive medicine and medical care adapted to the conditions and economic ability of their years ; Fifth , to rehabilitate and to restore to independent , useful lives in their homes , to the fullest extent ...
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... adequate income for retirement in health , honor and dignity ; 2. Equal opportunity for employment ; 3. The best possible physical and mental health ; 4. Suitable housing ; 5. Services to achieve independent living ; 6. Full opportunity ...
... adequate income for retirement in health , honor and dignity ; 2. Equal opportunity for employment ; 3. The best possible physical and mental health ; 4. Suitable housing ; 5. Services to achieve independent living ; 6. Full opportunity ...
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... adequate income , of health care , of adequate housing , and of the recognition and attention they deserve . Such facts as we have accumulated are shocking on the one hand and encouraging on the other . They are shocking because they ...
... adequate income , of health care , of adequate housing , and of the recognition and attention they deserve . Such facts as we have accumulated are shocking on the one hand and encouraging on the other . They are shocking because they ...
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activities adequate administration adult aged and aging agency Alameda County assistance bill California Chairman BAILEY Commission on Aging concerned Conference on Aging Congress coordination cost Council on Aging Department of Health elderly ELLSWORTH employment established facilities Federal Government feel financing Fogarty FRELINGHUYSEN funds gerontology GIAIMO glaucoma going grants HANSEN Homemaker Service hospital income individual interest Kerr-Mills labor legislation living meet ment mental nursing homes O'HARA older persons older worker optometric optometrists optometry organization patients percent personnel planning podiatrists Podiatry preretirement present problems public housing question rehabilitation responsibility retirement Rhode Island San Francisco senior citizens social security special staff staff on aging statement STEGER subcommittee testimony Thank thing tion U.S. Commission welfare West Los Angeles West Virginia Wheeling Hospital White House Conference
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Page 498 - Each member shall hold office for a term of three years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and...
Page 444 - Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I am very pleased to be here...
Page 497 - Payments under grants made under this Act may be made in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary. "DEFINITIONS "Sec. 302. When used in this Act— "(a) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. "(b) The term 'air pollution control agency...
Page 571 - Contributory social insurance is a preferable governmental method of protecting individuals and their families against loss of income due to unemployment, sickness, disability, death of the family breadwinner, and...
Page 105 - Perkins, chairman of the General Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor, protested against the racial practices of Manpower Development and Training Act ( MDTA ) programs.
Page 1 - 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...
Page 498 - Secretary, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 1 - The right to freedom from want in old age. 4. The right to a fair share of the community's recreational, educational, and medical resources. 5. The right to obtain decent housing suited to needs of later years. 6. The right to the moral and financial support of one's family so far as is consistent with the best interest of the family.
Page 497 - Council which shall consist of 16 persons, not otherwise in the employ of the United States, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the civil service laws. The Secretary shall from time to time appoint one of the members to serve as Chairman. The members shall...
Page 498 - ... and to collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate special educational or informational materials, including reports of the projects for which funds are provided under...