### Question
What does old-age assistance mean?


### Answer
**Old-age assistance** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 306*:

> money payments to, or (if provided in or after the third month before the month in which the recipient makes application for assistance) medical care in behalf of or any type of remedial care recognized under State law in behalf of, needy individuals who are 65 years of age or older, but does not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution)

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 306*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU > SUBCHAPTER I-GRANTS TO STATES FOR OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE**

