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... problems of the elderly with less than adequate financial means . We have representatives with us today of the 14,000 older persons who entered the homes , the rooms , and even the shacks of the 7 million poor over the age of 65 . What ...
... problems of the elderly with less than adequate financial means . We have representatives with us today of the 14,000 older persons who entered the homes , the rooms , and even the shacks of the 7 million poor over the age of 65 . What ...
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... problems than the rest . If their con- dition resulted in crime , or demonstrations , or was considered detri- mental to technological advance or the growth of the economy , the Nation would take notice and action would result . Of ...
... problems than the rest . If their con- dition resulted in crime , or demonstrations , or was considered detri- mental to technological advance or the growth of the economy , the Nation would take notice and action would result . Of ...
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... problems of the aging and related matters . Senator KENNEDY . Very good . ( Mr. Shriver's prepared statement follows :) PREPARED STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR R. SARGENT SHRIVER Mr. Chairman , President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed May as Senior ...
... problems of the aging and related matters . Senator KENNEDY . Very good . ( Mr. Shriver's prepared statement follows :) PREPARED STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR R. SARGENT SHRIVER Mr. Chairman , President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed May as Senior ...
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... problems among the aged in their communities . The most pressing needs appear to be in the area of health programs , neighborhood centers with friendly visitors , hous- ing , and employment programs . Medicare Alert workers proved that ...
... problems among the aged in their communities . The most pressing needs appear to be in the area of health programs , neighborhood centers with friendly visitors , hous- ing , and employment programs . Medicare Alert workers proved that ...
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... problems of the older poor American . While there is much that remains to be done for the poor senior citizen , our Nation is making a major effort in meeting the economic and social needs of the aged . For example , in the Fiscal 1967 ...
... problems of the older poor American . While there is much that remains to be done for the poor senior citizen , our Nation is making a major effort in meeting the economic and social needs of the aged . For example , in the Fiscal 1967 ...
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Page 4 - An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing...
Page 18 - The first wealth is health. Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve any one: it must husband its resources to live. But health or fulness answers its own ends and has to spare, runs over, and inundates the neighborhoods and creeks of other men's necessities.
Page 132 - Disease, held in 1951, defined screening as "the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease or defect by the application of tests, examinations, or other procedures which can be applied rapidly.
Page 73 - Peterson (Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Branch, Division of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, Md.).
Page 43 - Aging, the National Council of Senior Citizens, and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Page 339 - University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80220 Western Orthopedic Association William H.
Page 33 - Where an individual is in an institution and his condition is such that the availability of medical care in such institution is not a principal reason for his presence there, only that part of the cost of care in the institution as Is attributable to medical care (as...
Page 337 - Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Physicians and the American Hospital Association.
Page 55 - ... or wilfully neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her...
Page 33 - ... this subparagraph) in such institution is a principal reason for his presence there, and meals and lodging are furnished as a necessary incident to such care, the entire cost of medical care and meals and lodging at the institution, which are furnished while the individual requires continual medical care, shall constitute an expense for medical care. For example, medical care includes the entire cost of institutional care for a person who is mentally ill and unsafe when left alone.