Making the area agencies on aging work: the role of information |
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| Authors: | Richard M Burton David C Dellinger William W Damon |
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| Institution: | Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University and Graduate School of Business Administration, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706U.S.A.;Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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