Recently, Dan Adcock (NCPSSM Legislative Director) and his father delivered Meals on Wheels to the elderly. Do you agree with Dan?
(Photograph: Dan Adcock’s father waits to deliver hot meals to seniors in Escondido, CA)
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Chances are if you, or anyone in your family, is 65 or older your life has been impacted by an Older Americans Act program. From Meals on Wheels to senior centers, prevention of physical and financial abuse, computer training to legal assistance, OAA programs touch the lives of millions of seniors and their families.
via Entitled to Know.
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We have asked Congress to renew the Older Americans Act which supports a range of home and community-based services, such as meals-on-wheels and other nutrition programs, in-home services, transportation, legal services, elder abuse prevention and caregivers support.
You can read more about the Older Americans Act by clicking here.
The Older Americans Act consists of seven titles. Also included under Title III are nutrition programs, such as meals-on-wheels and senior center group meals; family caregiver support; and health promotion and disease prevention services.
The Older Americans Act (OAA), originally enacted in 1965, supports a range of home and community-based services, such as meals-on-wheels and other nutrition programs, in-home services, transportation, legal services, elder abuse prevention and caregivers support.
via NCPSSM.
Meals on Wheels is undergoing a dramatic overhaul as government and philanthropic funding fails to keep pace with a rapidly growing elderly population. The increased demand has resulted in lengthy waitlists and a need to find other sources of funding. And at the same time, for-profit companies such as Mom’s Meals are creating more competition.
Meals on Wheels, which has served seniors for more than 60 years through a network of independent nonprofits, is trying to formalize the health and safety checks its volunteers already conduct during their daily home visits to seniors. Through an ongoing campaign dubbed “More Than a Meal,” the organization hopes to demonstrate that it can play a critical role in the health care system.
via Kaiser Health News.
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- Older Americans Act and Who Benefits From It.
- Also included under Title III are nutrition programs, such as
meals-on-wheels and senior center group meals; family caregiver support;
and health promotion and disease prevention services. Funds for Title
III programs are distributed based on a state’s proportionate share of
either the age 60 or older population or, in the case of caregiver
support programs, the age 70 or older population. Each state then has
its own formula for allocating OAA funding to area agencies on aging
which enables the delivery of services to local areas.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and other senators hosted a summit meeting with seniors’ organizations today. Sanders introduced legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the landmark Older Americans Act which supports Meals on Wheels and other critical programs for seniors. Sanders is the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, which has jurisdiction over the Older Americans Act.
His [President Trump] skinny budget proposes eliminating heating assistance for people in poverty, funding for Meals on Wheels, and low-income housing help.
via NWLC.
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- Trump Should Do a Meals on Wheels Ride-Along.
- President Trump’s skinny budget may starve the Meals on Wheels program for 2.4 million low-income seniors.
PROMISES BROKEN:
- Oh, yes: the Trump Budget Definitely Does Cut Meals on Wheels.
- Anyone looking at the actual numbers can plainly see that the Trump budget does, in fact, slash funding for Meals on Wheels. In addition to cutting Older Americans Act home-delivered meals by $1.5 million, the President’s budget eliminates the Community Services, Community Development and Social Services Block Grants, upon which some Meals on Wheels programs rely for funding.
A6: #MealsonWheels is serving 21M fewer meals today than in 2005. #WeAreOAA
via Meals on Wheels.
Related Reading:
- Celebrating Older Americans Month.
- From Meals on Wheels to senior centers, prevention of physical and financial abuse, computer training to legal assistance, OAA programs touch the lives of millions of seniors and their families.
- More on the Older Americans Act.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure becomes the first black woman to lead the agency that oversees #Medicare and #Medicaid. She is a major improvement over President Trump’s CMS administrator, who undermined Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/chiquita-brooks-lasure-medicare-medicaid.html @CMSGov