Question: QUESTION 18 Meals Programs Have Been The Foundation Of Community-based Senior Services Since The OAA Was Passed. But, Like Other Services, These Too Are Under Pressure To Change. Which Below Describe Some Current Challenges To These Basic Services? The Costs To Produce And Distribute Meals Continues To Rise. Demand For Home-delivered Meals Is Rising …

QUESTION 18

1. Meals programs have been the foundation of community-basedsenior services since the OAA was passed. But, like other services,these too are under pressure to change. Which below describe somecurrent challenges to these basic services?

   		The costs to produce and distribute meals continues to rise.
   		Demand for home-delivered meals is rising as clients get olderand more disabled.
   		All of the above.
   		Clients expect more choice and options on daily lunch menus.
   		More ethnically diverse clients want culturally appropriatemeals.

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QUESTION 19

1. On average, Home -Delivered Meals cost:

   		Cost less to supply per meal than congregate meals.
   		Cost more to supply per meal than congregate meals.
   		Cost the same to supply per meal as congregate meals.
   		Cost cannot be compared because the clients have differentincomes.

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QUESTION 20

1. From the reading AE 1.1. “Demography Is NotDestiny”:

   1) Identify (and define) the three major social factors that cancontribute to population aging.

   2) Explain which two factors have had the most impact on theU.S. population aging.

   3) Give one specific example for each of the two factors, toshow how they have affected US. aging data.