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 ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The high costs of everything from food to housing continue to impact a lot of people, especially seniors living on a fixed income. Currently in Tennessee, the poverty level ...

Washington state – home to major tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft – has seen its economy grow in affluence over the past decade. However, the region’s seniors are seeing very few benefits as ...

It has never been easy for Mary Cole to support herself and the 19-year-old grandson who lives with her in Bristol, Virginia, on her monthly $914 Supplemental Security Income check. But it’s getting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...