Making the area agencies on aging work: the role of information

Making the area agencies on aging work: the role of information

Under Title III of the 1973 Older Americans Act over 500 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) have been established for the purpose of planning and coordinating services for the elderly. Critics claim the AAA's are doomed to failure because they do not control the budgets for services for the elderly....

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Veröffentlicht in:Socio-economic planning sciences 1980, Vol.14 (1), p.1-11
Hauptverfasser: Burton, Richard M., Dellinger, David C., Damon, William W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
BUREAUCRACY
Data Collection
Elder/Elders/Elderly
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
Health administration
Health Planning Organizations - organization & administration
Health Services for the Aged - organization & administration
Legislation (see also Law, Legal)
Models, Theoretical
OLD PEOPLE
Plan/Plans/Planning/Planned/ Planners
PLANNING (ALL TYPES)
POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC POLICY
Regional Health Planning
SERVICE DELIVERY
Service/Services
Systems Analysis
United States
United States/US
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Zusammenfassung:Under Title III of the 1973 Older Americans Act over 500 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) have been established for the purpose of planning and coordinating services for the elderly. Critics claim the AAA's are doomed to failure because they do not control the budgets for services for the elderly. We show that a more crucial factor is meaningful planning information and demonstrate that AAA's can be effective as planning and coordinating agencies by operating as centers of information and analysis, either with or without budget control.
ISSN:0038-0121
1873-6041
DOI:10.1016/0038-0121(80)90002-6