May is Older Americans Month, and this year’s theme is Engage at Every Age. NCOA is committed to helping every American age well. Here are six ways you can engage with NCOA to improve your life or the life of an older adult you know. Please share!
Trump & Congress give Older Americans fewer reasons to celebrate this month. National Committee President Max Richtman explains why Older Americans Month is a time for concern this year.
President Kennedy’s proclamation stated, “All persons reaching their later years should… share fully in the benefits of our advances in economic wealth, science, and culture…”
Tell us YOUR thoughts (leave us a comment) about seniors in our society this Older Americans Month.
May is Older Americans Month, but the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans are putting a serious damper on the celebration. Yes, candidate Trump promised not to touch Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
But his administration has been actively undermining those pledges. Budget Director Mick Mulvaney — who once called Social Security a Ponzi scheme — questioned the legitimacy of Social Security Disability Insurance — and wouldn’t promise a Presidential veto of legislation to privatize Medicare (a pet project of House Speaker Paul Ryan).
President Trump champions the GOP’s American Health Care Act, which guts
Medicaid, undermines the solvency of Medicare, and allows insurers to
charge older Americans up to five times as much as people in their 20s.
More on this issue here via The Hill.
The Older Americans Act authorizes a range of services and supports that help older Americans remain as independent and productive as possible in their own homes and communities.
via NCPSSM.
A7: #OAA provides seniors w/ meals & social visits. #WeAreOAA
via Meals on Wheels.
Related Reading:
- Who Benefits from the Older Americans Act?
- The intent of the OAA is to promote the dignity of older adults by
providing services and supports that enable them to remain independent
and engaged citizens within their communities.
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.
Do you know what the OAA does for you? Find out
at the #WeAreOAA chat, 5/24 at 1pm ET
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.
Read more here.
And the bottom line is now sharper than ever: With retirees facing dwindling alternative resources, Social Security is needed to pick up more of the slack. And for that it needs to be expanded, not reduced.
Michael Hiltzik via Los Angeles Times.
Related Reading:
Dear Congress, BOOST Social Security for all working Americans.
More About Older American’s Month and Older American’s Act:
The National Committee celebrates Older American’s Month.
It’s (Past) Time to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act.