After completing this chapter, the student will be able to:

1. Outline the kind of welfare programs that are available to aging Americans.
2. Identify government-sponsored sources of income support for the aging.
3. Identify government health care programs that serve the elderly.
4. Identify which government programs protect the disabled.
5. Describe how long-term care of the elderly is financed in the United States.
6. Describe social services provided by the Older Americans Act.