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 ...

Since its creation during the Great Depression, Social Security has been one of the most successful federal programs in U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

The number of elderly folks living in poverty on Long Island spiked dramatically over the past decade, as thousands say they are unable to make ends meet, according to a new study. Researchers found ...

We write stories that make you richer. Take a second right now: Follow us and get tips that will change your life. New Census Bureau figures show that poverty among Americans 65 and older rose in 2024 ...

A new report reveals that the number of seniors living in poverty in New York has doubled over the past decade, raising concerns about the financial security of aging residents. 3.56 million older ...

A wave of recent proposals argue that an ultimate solution lies in fundamentally changing how Social Security works.

Several Bay Area cities made a new list of top 20 cities to retire in California. The analysis looked at factors including the percentage of seniors in a city and housing prices. The rankings also ...