Our country continues to witness an alarming rise in the number of elderly people turning to the streets to beg to survive ...

Social Security is the backbone of millions of Americans, especially seniors who rely heavily on it. And given recent financial pressures and policy shifts, losing this support is a genuine ...

While elderly care does not constitute a separate Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), better care for the elderly will ...

Ultimately, this drives up costs for our health system and our seniors, creating a cycle of poverty-based health care risks. In addition, seniors living at poverty levels may experience more ...

David W. Rasmussen, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a third of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Slashing that number to under 10 percent by the late 1990s was ...