Assuring dignity in means-tested entitlements programs: an elusive goal?
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Affluence testing is used in Social Security to screen benefit applicants by establishing personal cost-sharing ability through assessment of individual wealth thereby enhancing applicants' feeling of self-worth. On the other hand, aged persons, who are entitled to full means-tested benefits, refuse the process due to its demoralizing methods as well as the public attitudes toward government dependents of income and health services. However, affluence-testing may reduce the enrolment of wealthy individuals due to increased pay for limited Medicare services.
Publication Name: Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0163-4372
Year: 1998
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The Samuel Sadin Institute on Law of the Brookdale Center on Aging: a resource for attorneys and social workers
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The Samuel Sadin Institute on Law at the Brookdale Center on Aging found at New York's Hunter College offers classes and services to help attorneys and social services workers dealing with the needs of the elderly. The classes are interdisciplinary and lawyers and social workers learn aspects of each other's practices.
Publication Name: Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0163-4372
Year: 2001
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Elder law and elder care: a team response to the needs of elderly clients
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As the population ages, the physical care and legal needs of the elderly are becoming more prominent. Lawyers, health care workers, and social workers need to cooperate to see that the elderly get the best care that they are legally entitled to receive.
Publication Name: Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0163-4372
Year: 2001
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