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 ...

Seniors in the Philadelphia area are among the poorest in the nation, according to the latest study from Pew Charitable Trusts. Philly seniors have a higher poverty rate than the overall population, ...

Amanda Nothaft, University of Michigan For Detroit homeowners over 65 who overwhelmingly live on fixed incomes, unexpected costs – increases in grocery prices, rising health care premiums or an ...

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 ...

By the government’s official poverty measure, nearly 10% of seniors lived in poverty last year, up from 9.7% the year before.

Social Security marked its 90th anniversary Thursday. The milestone offers an opportune moment to write an appreciation of the enduring social insurance program. Nearly four generations of Americans ...

Low pension adequacy, restrictive safety nets, and life-course inequality explain why old age so often means poverty in Korea ...

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 ...