Most people want to grow old - after all, the alternative is worse - but few want to be old, burdened by loneliness, isolation and the looming risk of poverty. "We thought: nobody is interested in old ...

When it comes to seniors’ economic security, America is in poor shape. This October, an annual assessment of pension systems worldwide gave the United States a barely passable C+, ranking the ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...

WASHINGTON, DC (WWLP) – The U.S. Census Bureau has found that in 2021 around 8 percent of the nation’s population age 65 and over lived in poverty, and nearly 63 percent of them lived alone. The ...

More than 660,000 older Americans in California are living below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the health research site KFF, the highest number in the country. The ...

The National Council on Aging estimates that about 70% of older adults who qualify for benefits miss out, often because of lack of awareness or confusing enrollment processes. Cuts to existing ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York has one of the highest rates of seniors living in poverty of any state in the country, with elevated rates in the heavily-populated boroughs of New York City accounting ...

"Today, one in seven seniors live in poverty," said AARP Foundation president Lisa Marsh Ryerson. "Senior poverty is a widespread and deeply disturbing problem in the US – but it’s often hidden from ...

Long Island had the largest growth in its senior population over the past decade, surpassing all other areas of the state, outside of New York City, and a rising percentage face poverty, according to ...

The number of new entrants into poverty also increased during this time, according to a report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Poverty rates fell in the first half of the last ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...