231.2 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.
231.2 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.
The general assembly finds and declares that:
1. Iowa's older individuals constitute a fundamental resource
which has been undervalued, and the means must be found to recognize
and use the competence, wisdom, and experience of such older
individuals for the benefit of all Iowans.
2. The number of persons in this state age sixty and older is
increasing rapidly, and of these older individuals, the number of
women, minorities, and persons eighty-five years of age or older is
increasing at an even greater rate.
3. The social and health problems of older individuals and their
caregivers are compounded by a lack of access to existing services
and by the unavailability of a complete range of services in all
areas of the state.
4. The ability of older individuals to maintain self-sufficiency
and to live their lives with dignity, productivity, and creativity is
a matter of profound importance and concern for this state. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1002
C87, § 249D.2
C93, § 231.2
2009 Acts, ch 23, §13