0585 Palmore, Erdman; Stanley, Gertrude L.; Cormier, Robert H. Widows with Children under Social Social Security Administration, Data from SSA's 1963 National Survey of Widows with Children under Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance are presented. Findings characterize this group of beneficiaries in terms of demographic characteristics; financial situation, including income and income supplements, and assets and debts; and consumption patterns, including living arrangements, child and health care costs, and food and housing expenditures. pro-gen. 0588 Shanas, Ethel; Sussman, Marvin B., eds. Family, Bureaucracy, and the Elderly. Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1977. 233 pp. Funded by National Institute of Child University of Illinois at Chicago Papers presented at a Conference on Older People, Family, and Bureaucracy, Rougemont, North Carolina, May 1973, address aspects of the linkage of old people to their families and to bureaucratic systems. Topics include the manner in which social systems affect the elderly, intergenerational transfers and the bureaucracy, historical impact of income maintenance for the elderly on family relationships, the bureaucratization of old age, and research needs. pro-gen. 0586 Practising Law Institute. Counseling Senior Citizens. (Estate Planning and Administration Course Handbook Series, No. 72) New York, NY, Practising Law Institute, 1977. 896 pp. A guide to pension, social security, tax, and estate planning for the senior citizen is presented. Included are discussions of the legal aspects of social security, veterans' benefits, individual retirement accounts, life insurance, annuities, and other issues. Original material and reprints are contained in this handbook. pro-gen. 0587 Schorr, Alvin L. Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. An analysis of the filial responsibility exercised by adult children for their parents is presented, and the effects of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance and old-age assistance (OAA) on filial responsibility are assessed. Current practice in filial responsibility is discussed in terms of financial support when living separately and together and other aspects of care and affection. Attention is given to the filial support requirement of OAA. pro-gen. 0589 Social Security Administration, Bureau of Retirement and Survivors Insurance. Onsite Review of State Mental Institutions' Performance As Representative Payee: Composite Report of First Cycle Findings, 1970-72. Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., SSA Pub. No. 60-73(8-73), 1973. 58 pp. Onsite review of the performance of State mental institutions as representative payees for retirement and survivors insurance beneficiaries found: (1) indiscriminate selection of institutions as payees, with little consideration of interested relatives (upon whom the Social Security Administration places highest priority as payees); (2) widespread incidence of payees living outside the representative institution; and (3) a low level of spending for the personal needs of beneficiaries. Recommendations to improve the program are offered. pro-gen. 0592 Advisory Council on Health Health Insurance for the Disabled under Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Findings and recommendations regarding ers, employees, and the self-employed; a 3-month waiting period for benefits; and relaxed eligibility requirements for disabled workers aged 55 and over. pro-gen. 0593 Allan, Kathryn H. First Findings of the 1972 Survey of the Disabled: General Characteristics. (SSA/ORS, Disability Survey 72: Disabled and Nondisabled Adults, No. 1) Washington, DC, SSA/ORS, DHEW Pub. No. SSA-77-11717, 1977. 20 pp. Social Security Administration, Office of Research and Statistics. Demographic, medical, and family characteristics of 18,000 disabled and nondisabled persons who participated in the 1972 SSA Disability Survey are compared. It was found that disabled persons were older, poorer, less educated, and more likely to be black, and to live in the South and in rural areas than nondisabled persons. Musculoskeletal or cardiovascular conditions were most often reported as major disabling conditions. Disabled persons were much less likely than nondisabled persons to live in a nuclear family with spouse and children. Other characteristics such as age at onset, duration of disability, and functional limitations are discussed. jnl-mod. 0594 Allan, Kathryn H. Some Characteristics of Social Security Findings on the general characteristics of the estimated 1.5 million social security disabled nonbeneficiaries in 1972 are presented. Data include race, education, family characteristics, functional limitations, hospitalization, health insurance coverage, medical costs, income, and knowledge of government programs. jnl-mod. 0595 Allan, Kathryn H.; Cinsky, Mildred E. General Characteristics of the Disabled Population. (SSA/ORS, Social Security Survey of the Social Security Administration, An examination and description of the demographic, social, and health characteristics of the disabled population in the United States is presented, based on findings from the 1966 Social Security Survey of Disabled Adults, which gathered data from 8,300 noninstitutionalized disabled adults aged 18-64. It was found that the disabled are generally older, poorer, and less educated than the total adult population; women are less likely to work and men more likely to work parttime. Family income is about half that of the nondisabled, and the disabled have less health insurance and greater medical costs. aab-mod. 0596 Barad, Cary B. The Disabled: Means of Meeting Medical Care Charges. (SSA/ORS, Social Security Survey of the Social Security Administration, The specific resources utilized by individuals with work-limiting disabilities to meet medical care charges are examined via analysis of data from interviews with 8,300 noninstitutionalized disabled persons aged 18-64. The data indicate that 70 percent of the disabled population were able to meet these charges through personal resources, with less than 25 percent of this group receiving health insurance benefits. Positive correlates of independence in meeting costs were age, health insurance coverage, and amount of health bills incurred. jnl-mod. 0597 Berkowitz, Monroe; Johnson, William G.; Murphy, Edward H. Public Policy toward Disability. (Praeger Special Studies in U.S. Economic, Social, and Political Issues) New York, NY, Praeger, 1976. 150 pp. Funded by SSA. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Aspects of the legal and institutional background of the U.S. disability system are examined, and statistical models for the study of the limitation of role functioning in disability are described. Topics discussed include the prevalence of disability, the characteristics of the disabled, disability programs, and the development of the social security disability insurance program. Data are derived from the 1966, 1970, and 1972 SSA disability surveys. jnl-mod. 0598 Better, Sybil R.; Fine, Philip R.; Simison, Diane; et al. Disability Benefits as Disincentives to Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly: Health and Society, 57(3):412-427, 1979. Funded by DHEW, Grant No. 16-P56807/4-12. • University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL. Disability benefits are analyzed in terms of their disincentive effects on rehabilitation, utilizing a sample of cases closed from active status. It was found that severely disabled recipients of supplemental security income (SSI) and social security disability insurance are rehabilitated less often that nonbeneficiaries and other severely disabled vocational rehabilitation clients. Rehabilitated beneficiaries were less likely to be self-employed or working in the competitive labor market. Find |