【T8】 A.DEAL WITH B.INDEPENDENT C.UP A.THEY ARE TRYING TO【T7】_______THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS B.ELDERLY PEOPLE WANT TO BE AS【T8】_______AS POSSIBLE C.THIS GROUP IS MADE【T9】_______OF YOUNG AND OLD CITIZENS THIRTY-ONE MILLION AMERICANS ARE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE, AND TWENTY-NINE MILLION OF THEM ARE HEALTHY, BUSY, PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.BY THE YEAR 2030, ONE IN EVERY FIVE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE OVER 60.ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF THE FASTEST-GROWING MINORITY IN THIS COUNTRY.MANY CALL THIS THE 'GRAYING OF AMERICA'. IN 1973, A GROUP CALLED THE 'GRAY PANTHERS' WAS ORGANIZE D.【T10】______.【T11】_______OF GROWING OLD IN AMERICA.THE GRAY PANTHERS KNOW THAT MANYELDERLY PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS:SOME CANNOT WALK WELL, OTHERS CANNOT SEE OR HEAR WELLSOME HAVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS; PRICES ARE GOING UP SO FAST THAT THE ELDERLY CAN'T AFFORD THE FOOD, CLOTHING, AND HOUSING THEY NEE D.SOME OLD PEOPLE ARE AFRAID AND HAVE SAFETY PROBLEMS.OTHERS HAVE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.MANY ELDERLY ARE LONELY BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A HUSBAND OR A WIF E.THE GRAY PANTHERS KNOW ANOTHER FACT, TOO.【T12】______.SO, THE GRAY PANTHERSARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SOLVE THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE ELDERLY.