Social Security was created in 1935 to help people with disabilities who could not help themselves by working to provide to their financial needs (King & Olson, 2014, p. 694). Before 1963, many people with mental disabilities were institutionalized, but after the Community Mental Health Centers Act was passed, a lot of mentally disabled patients of the institutions were released (Peloquin & Punwar, 200, p. 124). Since the local communities did not have resources to they were not able to help the mentally disabled, which many started to live on the streets (Peloquin & Punwar, 200, p. 125). In 1965, Medicare was created to help with services for people with disabilities along with other people. Medicare helped expand occupational therapy service …show more content…
698). Before that occupational therapist working in schools was rare (Rourk, 1996, p. 698). After the passing of the act, occupational therapists mostly worked with children who were blind, deaf, mentally disabled, or physically impaired (Rourk, 1996, p. 698). The act increased the amount of OTs working in schools because it funded agencies that provided education to children with disabilities (Rourk, 1996, p. 698). New concepts and practices were used by OTs which were a product of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Rourk, 1996, p. 698). A new act, Individuals with Disabilities Education, better changed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Rourk, 1996, p. 698). After the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, occupational therapy practice changed by incorporating the teachers, ------------------------------------------------ (Rourk, 1996, p.
As a result of the lack of regulation in state mental institutions, most patients were not just abused and harassed, but also did not experience the treatment they came to these places for. While the maltreatment of patients did end with the downsizing and closing of these institutions in the 1970’s, the mental health care system in America merely shifted from patients being locked up in mental institutions to patients being locked up in actual prisons. The funds that were supposed to be saved from closing these mental institutions was never really pumped back into treating the mentally ill community. As a result, many mentally ill people were rushed out of mental institutions and exposed back into the real world with no help where they ended up either homeless, dead, or in trouble with the law. Judges even today are still forced to sentence those in the latter category to prison since there are few better options for mentally ill individuals to receive the treatment they need. The fact that America, even today, has not found a proper answer to treat the mentally ill really speaks about the flaws in our
Flory, Curtis and Marie Rose. "Half a Million Liberated from Institutions to Community Settings without Provision for Long-term Care." Mental Illness Policy Org, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2013.
“The Great Depression was a worldwide economic slump of the 1930’s” (Fetzer; p.338). The Great Depression caused a catastrophic amount of grief and distress for the citizens of the United States. Some of these citizens, however, faced more problems which caused grief and distress than others. Among those citizens were the mentally ill. During the era of the Great Depression, the mentally handicapped were treated unfairly in almost every aspect of their lives; this included how society treated them, how they were treated medically, and even how their personal lives were affected.
Occupational Therapy takes a client-centered approach to each individual and unique client. This client is Martha. She is 78. She was admitted to the hospital after suffering a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or stroke. It began when she experienced a choking episode and weakness in her right side. The CVA resulted in right hemiplegia and aphasia. Martha has partial paralysis in the right half of her body and cannot verbally communicate. Her primary role is a homemaker. She graduated with a high school education but never pursued a profession. She is the wife of a healthy and supportive 80 year old man. He intends to care for her at home with private assistance. Some of Martha’s meaningful occupations are playing games such as bingo, solitaire and bridge. She also finds satisfaction in tending to her garden.
Most of the idea of deinstitutionalized movement was because of the patient’s rights. Being out of the institutions gave the individuals more freedom, they didn’t always see the same four walls or the same people every day. In 2005 many severely mental ill individuals did not receive any psychiatric treatment. About half of the many that are severely mentally ill were homeless.
This article discusses the basic understanding of what occupational therapy is and what it the Occupation is defined as “activites of everyday life, names, organized and given meaning by individuals and a culture” (Association, 2006). This article also discusses the historical aspects of occupational therapy. Occupational therapy was founded by many different professionals with different backgrounds, that came together to share the same idea about how occupational therapy should be and the importance of activites for a person. This article also talks about different types of services that occupational therapy offers. Occupational therapists and assistances can work in many different settings.
In 1972, Congress replaced the State-administered programs with the Federally administered Supplemental Income (SSI) program as an assistance source of last resort for the aged, blind, or disabled whose income and resources are below specified levels. The SSI program went into effect in January 1974, administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSI has been highly successful in helping society's most vulnerable citizens. These individuals rely on SSI benefits in order to purchase the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter. The program targets those who are the neediest, those who are too limited by their disabilities or too elderly to be expected to provide fully for their own needs.
The Social Security Act was passed by President FDR as one of his programs to fight the Great Depression. The Social Security Act was enacted August 14, 1935 (Social Security Act). The current problem is the fear of what will become of Social Security as the baby boomers generation begins to retire. As millions of baby boomers approach retirement, the program's annual cash surplus will shrink and then disappear. Then, Social Security will not be able to pay full benefits from its payroll and other tax revenues (Social Security Reform Center – Problem). This is causing the U.S. government to think about reform and changes for the ...
Social Security first came about in August 14, 1935 signed by President Franklin Roosevelt it was designed to put money into a fund so that elderly people who have been productive citizens could have a form of income to survive and not have to work their entire life or rely on someone to provide for them. Although this was good at first and did not ...
The social security act was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt so that he could put in place provisions in order to help the elderly. The social security act a document that helps impoverished citizens, such as the elderly and physically impaired receive benefits after retirement. Citizens’ in America during the great depression where expected to work weather elderly or physically disabled. These citizens weren’t afforded the financial stability to retire so work was a necessity to acquire money. “Prior to social security, the elderly routinely faced the prospect of poverty upon retirement” (U.S SSA). This effect of the great depression led to a lot death and homes turning into singled parent homes with no income. “The widespread of suffering brought numerous proposals of national old-age insurance system” (U.S SSA). Roosevelt and his administration saw a problem and creating the social security act. The social security act contributed to the elimination of the great depression and the impoverished America.
It was during the 1930’s that welfare programs were implementing additional welfare benefits, this included Supplemental Security Income. S.S.I allowed citizens who are aged or disabled the ability to receive monthly checks. The funds for these checks is taken from the United States Treasury to ensure a standard nationwide rate.
Those with mental illness would live in the community with an array of services and be able to be free from the constraints of confinement. In the early 1960’s the United States began an initiative to reduce and close publicly-operated mental hospitals. This became known as deinstitutionalization. The goal of deinstitutionalization was to allow people suffering from mental illness to live more independently in the community with treatments provided through community health programs. Unfortunately, the federal government did not provide sufficient ongoing funding for the programs to meet the growing demand. States reduced their budgets for mental hospitals but failed to increase funding for on-going community-based mental health programs. As a result of deinstitutionalization hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people were released into the community without the proper resources they needed for their treatment. (Harcourt,
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Before the 1930s the care and support of the elderly fell in the hands of the local, state and family rather than that of the federal government (Ourdocumnets.gov). With the Great Depression, families and the local government was unable to care for the elderly, retired or disabled Americans and they would soon find themselves homeless and living on the streets. The old-age program assisted these people in keeping their homes and giving them the chance to live and rest. With the Social Security Act now signed into law there were bound to be changes made and services expanded upon to cover the needs of
Social Security began during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's, as a gauge to apply "social insurance" during the 1930’s Great Depression, when poverty rates of senior citizens exceeded that of 50 percent. The Act was an effort to constraint unexpected and unsuspecting danger in the present life: including old age, disability, poverty, unemployment, and the burden of widowers with and lacking children. President Roosevelt’s opponents however acknowledged that the Act was that of socialism.