Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Persons age 65–74 are the fastest growing cohort in the United States.
2. In the “good old days” families and communities treated the elderly with respect, and showered them with power and prestige.
3. During early industrialization, almshouses, which housed or provided charity to needy people, were increasingly made up of elderly persons with no money and no family members to turn to for help.
4. The Social Security Act was passed in 1935 as a response to the austere poverty many elders faced in the United States.
5. The United States was among the first of industrial nations to offer cash public pensions to the elderly.
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
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