BenefitsCheckUp.Org Can Help Seniors Enjoy a Healthier Future.Seniors Encouraged to Use Free Online Service During Older Americans Month WASHINGTON Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. -- May is Older Americans Month, and this year's theme is "Older Americans: Making Choices for a Healthier Future." While advances have been made in the field of aging and medicine to allow seniors to live healthier lives, many seniors - especially those with limited income and resources - are not taking advantage of many government programs that can improve the quality of their lives. The National Council on Aging's (NCOA NCOA National Change Of Address (USPS) NCOA National Council On the Aging NCOA Nuclear Receptor Coactivator NCOA National Corvette Owners Association NCoA New Care-Of Address NCOA Non-Commissioned Officer Academy ) BenefitsCheckUp[R], a free and confidential online service, helps seniors or people who care about them determine what benefits they qualify for and how to apply. Using this service, millions of older Americans can find out if they qualify for help with their prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, costs, Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. premiums, health care or in-home services. "During Older Americans Month, what better way to honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. our nation's seniors than to help them find the benefits they may need," said Stuart Spector, the National Council on Aging's senior vice president of Benefits Access. "The programs seniors and those who care about them can find through BenefitsCheckUp can improve not only their health but many other aspects of their lives." Older Americans Month, sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. AoA awards annual grants (computed by formulas) to State government agencies on aging and Native American tribal organizations to support programs mandated by the Congress , was established in 1963. For more information on Older Americans Month please visit http://www.aoa.gov/press/oam/oam.asp. For more information on BenefitsCheckUp, visit http://www.BenefitsCheckUp.org. About the National Council on Aging The National Council on Aging's mission is to improve the lives of older Americans. NCOA programs help older people remain healthy and independent, find jobs, access benefits programs, and discover meaningful ways to continue contributing to society. A non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations and leaders, NCOA was founded in 1950 and is based in Washington, DC. For more information about NCOA, please visit www.NCOA.org. |
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