Research in Aging and Nutrition Programs for the Elderly, 1971: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Aging...92-1, on S. 887, 1925, and 1163, June 1, 2, and 14, 19711971 - 290 pages |
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... percent of our population - 20 million Americans— is 65 years of age or over . Within the next 30 years an additional 45 to 50 million Americans will have passed their 65th birthday and this group will represent an even greater ...
... percent of our population - 20 million Americans— is 65 years of age or over . Within the next 30 years an additional 45 to 50 million Americans will have passed their 65th birthday and this group will represent an even greater ...
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... percent of our current investment . Applying the same percentage rate of funding as in other areas , we should be spending about 10 to 25 times as much as we cur- rently do . Yet , minimal funding is only one facet of the aging research ...
... percent of our current investment . Applying the same percentage rate of funding as in other areas , we should be spending about 10 to 25 times as much as we cur- rently do . Yet , minimal funding is only one facet of the aging research ...
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... percent of their very limited budgets . With prices continuing to climb , elderly persons are finding it in- creasingly difficult to purchase the food they need . This message was made abundantly clear in a questionnaire prepared in ...
... percent of their very limited budgets . With prices continuing to climb , elderly persons are finding it in- creasingly difficult to purchase the food they need . This message was made abundantly clear in a questionnaire prepared in ...
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... percent of his total income on food , while the average American spends only 16 percent . But low income in itself is not the only cause of the nutrition crisis which affects an alarmingly large proportion of our elderly . There are ...
... percent of his total income on food , while the average American spends only 16 percent . But low income in itself is not the only cause of the nutrition crisis which affects an alarmingly large proportion of our elderly . There are ...
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... percent is spent for reserach . În sharp contrast , many businesses or governmental units may earmark 5 to 10 percent of their available funds for research . However , there are numerous compelling arguments for reversing this ...
... percent is spent for reserach . În sharp contrast , many businesses or governmental units may earmark 5 to 10 percent of their available funds for research . However , there are numerous compelling arguments for reversing this ...
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adequate nutrition Administration on Aging agencies aging process aging research American Aging Association American Dietetic Association atherosclerosis bill biological BRICKFIELD budget categorical grant Center Chairman Child Health Commissioner MARTIN Committee Congress cost delivery demonstration programs Denham Harman Department of Agriculture Director disease DRUCKER EISDORFER elderly persons establish facilities Federal fiscal food stamp program funds going gram grants group meals HETTINGER important income increase individuals Institute of Child Institute of Gerontology Institutes of Health intramural KURZMAN legislation meals programs ment million National Institute NICHD nutrition education nutrition programs nutrition projects nutrition services Older Americans Act older persons participants percent population prepared President proposed REASON recommendations research on aging Secretary Senator EAGLETON Senator STEVENSON Senator TAFT senior citizens serve SINEX social interaction statement subcommittee testimony tion U.S. Department U.S. SENATOR Univ University Welfare White House Conference
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Page 126 - Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence. "(3) The court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.
Page 126 - The findings of fact by the Secretary, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the Court for good cause shown, may remand the case to the Secretary to take...
Page 126 - ... the court the record of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be conclusive If supported by substantial evidence.
Page 121 - The Secretary shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury from time to time the amounts to be paid to any State under this section and the time or times such amounts are to be paid : and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the State at the time or times fixed by the Secretary the amounts so certified.
Page 125 - State until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. Until he is so satisfied he shall make no further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such State.
Page 132 - Office of Research and Statistics, Social Security Administration, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC Nathan W.
Page 35 - This legislation authorized establishment of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) within the National Institutes of Health (NTH), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the "conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged.
Page 286 - ... should not wish to encroach on another. I enjoy good health; I am happy in what is around me, yet I assure you I am ripe for leaving all, this year, this day, this hour. If it could be doubted whether we would go back to twenty-five, how can it be whether we would go forward from seventy-three? Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Page 129 - SEC. 709. Of the sums appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to the authorization contained in section 708 of this...
Page 121 - State educational agency, in accordance with such agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may be entered into by the Secretary and such State educational...