§ 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.