Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Page 39 - Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Robert.
Page 164 - VII of the Older Americans Act, title XX of the Social Security Act, and State and local appropriations.
Page 15 - THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES Mr.
Page 294 - ... except that such term shall not include a private organization which is not a nonprofit organization exempt from Federal income taxation under section...
Page 11 - In 1976, half of the families headed by an older person had incomes of less than...
Page 208 - XX of the Social Security Act and Title III of the Older Americans Act.
Page 78 - Source: Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies. National Survey of Household Energy Use, 1975. Special Federally-assisted programs of housing for elderly people, active only a few years ago, have been virtually shut down. Many of the projects built under these programs — often sponsored by church and civic groups— have long waiting lists.
Page 94 - State certificate of need program which applies to new institutional health services proposed to be offered or developed within the State and which is satisfactory to the Secretary. Such program shall provide for review and determination of need prior to the time such services, facilities, and organizations are offered or developed or substantial expenditures are undertaken in preparation for such offering or development, and provide...
Page 108 - Once we have understood what the state of the aged really is. we cannot satisfy ourselves with calling for a more generous 'old-age policy,' higher pensions, decent housing and organized leisure. It is the whole system that is at issue and our claim cannot be otherwise than radical — change life itself.
Page 132 - ... developed, conducted, and administered with the maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and members of the groups served...

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