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16165
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North Carolina's aging population, those over the age of 65, has increased dramatically. Between 1980 and 1990, the state's elderly population grew 33 percent. This bulletin traces the growth of programs for the elderly and discusses the responsibilities of the federal, state, and local governments with respect to the administration and financing of aging programs in the state.
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16166
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A range of legislative proposals affecting the state's senior citizens was recommended to, and considered by, the 1995 General Assembly. These included legislation affecting adult care homes and nursing homes and abuse and neglect of the elderly.
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16167
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Saxon describes the state's new criminal statute (N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-32.3) regarding the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of disabled or elder adults by caretakers; the prosecution of adult abuse, exploitation, and neglect under other criminal statutes; and the relationship between the criminal statutes and the state's adult protective services law.
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16168
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This bulletin summarizes legislation affecting senior citizens and government programs for the elderly enacted by the General Assembly during the 1996 Regular Session and the Second Extra Session if 1996.
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