In a recent article, Teresa Ghilarducci, a prominent economist who focuses on retirement issues, highlights what she sees as the problem of elderly poverty in the United States: “Already ...
BERLIN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Data from Eurostat reveals that approximately 3.2 million elderly Germans aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty, according to the German news agency dpa on Saturday. The ...
A recent survey showed that 44.1 percent of single Japanese women aged 65 and older are living in poverty, much higher than the rate for single elderly men. The poverty level is as severe as that ...
Medicaid, food stamps and other programs are aimed at seniors with much lower incomes, generally around the poverty threshold of around $18,000 for two seniors. And so, when Pew states “The ...
The organisation urged authorities to step up its targeted poverty relief efforts and help older residents return to the workforce. “The population ageing and elderly poverty have become more ...