This paper is being written at the very time that the 2005 White House Conference on Aging is being held in Washington, D.C. (Welcome, n.d.). There are many reasons that the Act should be amended as the area of aging is rapidly changing.  The White House has named the major players who are mostly politicians (Committee Assignments Relating to the Older Americans Act - 107^th ).  A strong push towards providing more rural services is expected during the Conference (Coward, Vogel, Duncan, & Uttaro, 1995). Even the 2004-2007 AoA Strategic Plan calls for providing the rural areas with more services and others make strong recommendations towards helping the rural elderly (Jensen & McLaughlin, 1997). 

     Although intergenerational equality may be in question, the popularity of the Older Americans Act has kept it exempt from the clamor to cut or reduce the Social Security program with its Medicare and Medicaid programs. AARP (2005), among others, have recognized an intergenerational strife that has been exemplified by the President calling for changes to Social Security. So far, the Older Americans Act has not been publicly questioned.