42 U.S.C. § 3057b — Findings

The Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States— (1) are a rapidly increasing population; (2) suffer from high unemployment; (3) live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent; (4) have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population; (5) lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities; (6) lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging; (7) frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing; (8) receive less than adequate health care; (9) are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and (10) are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.