OLD AGE: THE WASTED YEARS Part 1

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Compares senior citizens living in the slums to those living in luxury retirement, R.1: The aged seek employment and discuss housing and pension problems; the disabled are visited by social workers and volunteer nurses in hotels and tenement houses. Shows retirees at "Sun City" engaged in recreation and social gatherings. R. 2: Shows institutions equipped with medical facilities and rehabilitation programs where the elderly can learn new skills and arts. A retired school teacher in a Kentucky VISTA program teaches illiterate adults to read. Shows the indigent elderly with nothing to do in parks, at beaches and playing bingo at recreational centers. Points out recent attempts by senior citizens to organize into action groups to affect political decisions and legislation.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs