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Decade Of Denial: Teens And Aids In America, U.S. House Select Committee On Children, Youth And Families Jan 1993

Decade Of Denial: Teens And Aids In America, U.S. House Select Committee On Children, Youth And Families

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Based on hearings, current research, and interviews with experts, including researchers, medical and service providers, AIDS educators, and youth who have been touched by the epidemic, this Select Committee report assesses the impact of the HIV epidemic on youth and identifies strategies policymakers and program planners might consider


Common Beliefs About The Rural Elderly: Myth Or Fact?, U.S. Senate Special Committee On Aging Jan 1992

Common Beliefs About The Rural Elderly: Myth Or Fact?, U.S. Senate Special Committee On Aging

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focuses on the most disadvantaged elderly: the rural elderly. Identifies common beliefs about rural persons aged 65 and over, and provides accompanying statistical information to refute or confirm these beliefs. This synthesis of data translates detailed statistics into useable knowledge.


No Place To Call Home: Discarded Children In America, U.S. House Select Committee On Children, Youth, And Families Jan 1990

No Place To Call Home: Discarded Children In America, U.S. House Select Committee On Children, Youth, And Families

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This congressional hearing investigates the condition of children in troubled families, and evaluates the efficacy of state and federal programs charged with serving the needs of these children.


Exploding The Myths: Caregiving In America, U.S. Senate Select Committee On Aging Jan 1988

Exploding The Myths: Caregiving In America, U.S. Senate Select Committee On Aging

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Family caregivers provide between 80 and 90 percent of the medically related care, personal care, household maintenance, transportation and shopping needed by older persons. Thus, far from abrogating their responsibility, family caregivers provide care for dependent family members, often at a great emotional and financial cost


Elder Abuse: An Examination Of A Hidden Problem, U.S. House Select Committee On Aging Jan 1981

Elder Abuse: An Examination Of A Hidden Problem, U.S. House Select Committee On Aging

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Investigation of the incidence and scope of elder abuse in the United States.