Families Helping Families: Tax Relief Strategies for Elder Care : Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, Washington, DC, February 10, 2004 |
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Page 13 - single point of information" for the complex and fragmented range of home and communitybased services for older adults and their caregivers, including congregate and home-delivered meals, other in-home services for the...
Page 13 - AAAs is to help older Americans stay in their own homes and communities with maximum dignity and independence for as long as possible. AAAs are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older Americans and their families by providing information about and access to a variety of services in local communities. AAAs often serve as a "single point of information...
Page 13 - AAAs serve as a single point of entry for the complex and fragmented range of home- and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers, including congregate and home-delivered meals, other in-home services for the vulnerable seniors (such as personal care and chore services), elder abuse prevention and protections, the nursing home ombudsman program, senior centers, transportation, consumer information, education and counseling and senior employment.
Page 12 - ... Nutrition and Aging Services Programs; Enid Borden, chief executive officer of the Meals on Wheels Association of America; Patrick Flood, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Aging and Disabilities, today, he is representing the National Association of State Units on Aging; Sandy Markwood, chief executive officer of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Suzanne Mintz, president and co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association; Karyne Jones, president and chief...
Page 16 - Thanks to advances in health care and medical technology, life expectancy has increased, and many persons can expect to live to be over 77 years old.
Page 1 - Aging reports that about 22 million people serve as informal caregivers for seniors, with at least one limitation on their activities of daily living. These caregivers often face extreme stress and financial burden, especially those that we call the sandwich generation.