Options for the aged.

At present, there are few alternatives to institutional care for our aging citizens, because nearly all efforts to help the elderly have been directed toward the institutional setting. Supporting services for those older persons who could continue living at home are either inadequate or nonexistent in most communities. Because of these gaps in services, many older people are forced to seek institutional care, which proves to be damaging to the recipient and costly to the community. The elderly require a broad range of services which would permit them to continue living independently in the community with dignity and security.