Essay On Older Americans

The Older Americans Act (OAA) enacted in by Congress in 1965 in response to a large range of services, such as Transportation, Meals on Wheels and other nutrition assessment, education, and counseling programs to serve older adults and their caretakers. The administration on Aging provides $719 million dollars in support to states for nutritional programs to provide at least one meal a day, which provides a third of her caloric intake and nutritional needs daily in helping older adults stay food secure. Proving such services has been an important step in helping elders stay independent, social stimulated, aware of other aging programs. The profile of congregate participants of the program represent 80% of elder population at 200% of poverty level, 60% live alone, 70% are women, 28% live in rural communities, 25% are minorities and the average age for most seniors in the program are age 76 years. Over 238,000,000 home meals are delivery per year serving an estimate of 2.6 …show more content…
The Older Americans Act has undergone major transformations in scope and authority since it’s original passage in 1965. Large-scale responsibility for the operation of services has been difficult to keep up and obtain since the broad mandate of Title I of the act. The Older Americans Act has come into a crossroad since it cannot indefinitely maintain the expansion model it followed during the 1970s. Decisions about the direction the Older Americans Act should be made on the basis of future availability and direction needed to ensure the program receives continued priorities for programs, services and ever-larger target