Search Results: keywords:"elderly support"

  • S. RES. 192 — Designating April 30, 2025, as National Assistive Technology Awareness Day.
    Status:Agreed to Senate
    Words:182

    S. RES. 192 designates April 30, 2025, as "National Assistive Technology Awareness Day." The resolution acknowledges the importance of assistive technology in enhancing the functional abilities of individuals with disabilities and older adults. It highlights the vital role...

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    On April 30, 2025, people will celebrate National Assistive Technology Awareness Day to help everyone learn about tools and gadgets that make life easier for people with disabilities and older folks. It's a day to thank the people who work hard to create and spread these helpful technologies.

  • S. 5177 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:322

    S. 5177, also known as the "Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2024" or "DELIVER Act of 2024," aims to change the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It proposes to increase the mileage rate for volunteers delivering meals to...

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    S. 5177, called the "DELIVER Act of 2024," is a plan to help volunteers who drive to deliver food to people who need it, like older or sick people, by giving them more money for gas. It wants to make sure that volunteers get the same amount of money for each mile they drive as people who drive for work.