Older Americans Act: FY2015 Appropriations Overview [January 30, 2015]Angela NapiliKirsten J. ColelloLibrary of Congress. Congressional Research ServiceLibrary of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Home-delivered meals, long provided through a network of community-based organizations funded through the Older Americans Act, state dollars, and charitable contributions, grew out of a need to promote food security, socialization, and independence among older adults [18]. Until recently, meals have...
Flashcard Content Overview Working with this set of flashcards allows you to review the following acts: Older Americans Act (OOA) American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Social Security Act of 1935 Elder Justice Act You can also consider programs designed to offer aid to older adults, including: ...
Physical activity guidelines for Americans. 2nd ed. 2018. Takatori K, Matsumoto D. Effects of social activity participation and trust in the community on the transition of frailty classification in late-stage older adults: a 4-year prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023;13(5):e072243. ...
It took the Americans so long to learn how to use the phone and to learn this that and the other. And then they were saying how quickly people has to learn about texting and WhatsApp and all the different types of phones’ (IFG14). Some older adults in the Irish sample called for ...
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There are growing calls from researchers and policy makers to redefine loneliness and social isolation (SI) as public health issues, and to move towards a transdisciplinary, systems-based approach, due to their association with significant health risks,
Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with lower allostatic load and inflammation in Mexican Americans. J Immigr Minor Health. 2015;17(2):574-581. doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9950-1 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 10. Chastin SFM, Abaraogu U, Bourgois JG, et al. ...
Frank L, Kerr J, Rosenberg D, King A: Healthy ageing and where you live: Community design relationships with physical activity and body weight in older Americans. J Phys Act Health. 2010, 7 (1): S82-S90. PubMed Google Scholar Guinn B, Vincent V: Select physical activity determinants in...
The passage of Medicaid home- and community-based service waivers in 1981 (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Medicaid 1915c) further fostered the development of HCBS [2]. The policy questions asked in past research studies were whether older adults’ use of HCBS reduced their use of ...