SENIOR Act

This bill, called the SENIOR Act, changes the rules for government grants that help older people (age 60 and older) stay healthy by adding services that address loneliness. Right now, these grants already cover services related to social isolation, and this bill expands them to also cover loneliness specifically. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to send Congress a report looking at whether its programs for older people are doing enough to address loneliness, and to suggest ways to reduce the health problems caused by loneliness and to strengthen connections between different generations in families.

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