Health.Zone Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the Health.Zone Content Network

2. The Older Americans Act: What Benefits Does It Provide? - WebMD

   www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/what-is-older...

   The OAA was amended in 1978 to include services for elderly Native Americans. Eligible Tribal organizations are given grants to help provide community and home-based services for their elders ...

3. Medicare's PACE Program: What Is It and How Can It Help?

   www.healthline.com/health/medicare/pace-medicare

   Takeaway. PACE provides medical and social services for people with significant needs who want to continue living at home. The program is a combined effort between Medicare and Medicaid. People ...

4. Senior Nutrition Programs: What Are They? - WebMD

   www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/what-to-know-about...

   SNAP for Seniors. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest program provided by the government to make sure that people in need have access to nutritionally-balanced food ...

5. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_of_All-Inclusive...

   t. e. Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly ( PACE) are programs within the United States that provide comprehensive health services for individuals age 55 and over who are sufficiently frail to be categorized as " nursing home eligible" by their state's Medicaid program. [1] The ultimate goal of PACE programs is to keep eligible older ...

6. What Are Senior Centers? Benefits, Costs, and More - WebMD

   www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/what-to-know-about...

   Senior centers are local facilities available to seniors and offer them resources, activities, and social engagement. Their programs and activities help enhance the senior population's quality of ...

7. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)

   Since 1965, the program's provisions have expanded to include benefits for speech, physical, and chiropractic therapy in 1972. Medicare added the option of payments to health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in the 1970s. The government added hospice benefits to aid elderly people on a temporary basis in 1982, and made this permanent in 1984.