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Suppose an agency has a legislative mandate to provide elder care, which includes medical, psychological, and welfare services to determine an elderly person's ability to live alone successfully. The social service program has been in effect for two years and is up for review to be funded further or to be eliminated.

According to you, should the program continue to be funded or should it be eliminated? Why? How will you determine if the program should be funded or eliminated? Support your answer with appropriate reasoning.

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I believe that the program should continue to be funded, due to the fact that two years is not long enough to determine if this program is truly effective in a case of this nature, and there is great potential that this program will save the many elderly citizens across the nation a tremendous amount of money in regards to assisted living ...

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