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2. Administration on Aging - Wikipedia

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   The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency within the Administration for Community Living of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.AoA works to ensure that older Americans can stay independent in their communities, mostly by awarding grants to States, Native American tribal organizations, and local communities to support programs authorized by Congress in the Older ...

3. Older Americans Act - Wikipedia

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   Older Americans Act of 1965: Long title: To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the ...

4. Kinship care - Wikipedia

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   The AoA funds local Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to provide supportive services to grandparents and other relatives aged 55 and older who are relative caregivers of children. Supportive services fall into 5 categories designated by NFCSP: information to caregivers about available services; assistance to caregivers in gaining access to the ...

5. Aging in place - Wikipedia

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   They have been working directly with nine laboratory communities to assist them in advancing policies, programs and services to promote Aging in Place. [15] A similar network is the Elder Villages. [16] Smart homes are also another development to help promote aging in place by integrating a range of monitoring and supportive devices.

6. Ombudsmen in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Within these states are AAAs (Area Agencies on Aging), most often headed by a paid manager of a volunteer network of ombudsmen assigned to such facilities as skilled nursing homes, personal care homes, centers for the aging (outpatient), and the like.

7. New York City Department for the Aging - Wikipedia

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   The passage of the federal Older Americans Act in 1965 created a nationwide aging network consisting of the federal Administration on Aging, along with state offices and local area agencies. In 1968, New York City established the Mayor's Office for the Aging, which was funded as a three-year demonstration project by the Older Americans Act.