The Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States—

((1)) are a rapidly increasing population;

((2)) suffer from high unemployment;

((3)) live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent;

((4)) have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population;

((5)) lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities;

((6)) lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;

((7)) frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;

((8)) receive less than adequate health care;

((9)) are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and

((10)) are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.