Chapter 15



Chapter 15

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The Social Security Act, which was part of the New Deal legislation,

|a. |gave pensions to the retired, as advocated by the Townsend Plan. |

|b. |was instituted as a means-tested program to provide welfare benefits for children in poverty. |

|c. |initially was introduced as a means-tested program to provide welfare benefits to poor elderly. |

|d. |paid pensions to elderly out of sums collected from workers. |

____ 2. Approximately _____ percent of Americans over age 50 are registered to vote, compared with an overall national figure of near 75 percent.

|a. |50 |

|b. |60 |

|c. |70 |

|d. |80 |

|e. |90 |

____ 3. The premier lobbyist for elder causes in the United States is the

|a. |American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) |

|b. |Gray Panthers |

|c. |National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Welfare |

|d. |National Council of Senior Citizens |

|e. |National Council on the Aging |

____ 4. In the Friendly Visitor Program,

|a. |elderly volunteers provide companionship and tutoring to disabled children. |

|b. |paid of volunteer workers check on older persons daily by phone. |

|c. |volunteer visitors of all ages are matched with elderly persons on the basis of common interests or location. |

|d. |volunteers of all ages do housekeeping chores and provide simple health care to homebound elderly. |

____ 5. The Foster Grandparent Program

|a. |is a volunteer program that recruits highly educated elderly to work with children who are at risk of failing a grade. |

|b. |is an all-volunteer program that recruits highly educated elderly to provide guidance to children living in low income |

| |areas. |

|c. |hires low-income elderly to assist children in physical or speech therapy or with their homework. |

|d. |recruits children to read to and provide companionship to homebound elderly of elderly in nursing homes. |

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