ENGLISH

The rights of older persons

By Robert N. Brown , Legal Counsel for the Elderly (Washington , D.C.)

Book information

Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0809314320, 9780809314324
LCC
KF390.A4 B76 1989
Google Books ID
XJEYAAAAIAAJ
Open Library ID
OL2526817M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
786 kB (805238 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The three broad areas of concern are the right to an adequate income, the right to health care, and freedom from restraints on life, liberty, and property.The handbook deals with the right of older people to receive the benefits promised by law: Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, and others. It covers major laws affecting older people as well as court decisions and rules issued by the government agencies responsible for administering these laws. Because agencies such as the Social Security Administration and state health and welfare bureaucracies play a large role in the lives of the elderly, Brown and the Legal Counsel describe these units and show how to avoid pitfalls in dealing with them.

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