<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Older Americans Act of 1965 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Long title: </Td> <Td> To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the' ' Administration on Aging' ' . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Older Americans Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89--73, 79 Stat. 218) was the first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services for older adults . It created the National Aging Network comprising the Administration on Aging on the federal level, State Units on Aging, and Area Agencies on Aging at the local level . The network provides funding - based primarily on the percentage of an area's population 60 and older - for nutrition and supportive home and community - based services, disease prevention / health promotion services, elder rights programs, the National Family Caregiver Support Program, and the Native American Caregiver Support Program . </P> <P> The Act was signed into law by the President Lyndon Johnson on July 14, 1965 . </P>

The older american act of 1965 established which of the following