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"'What's the alternative?' Mr. Dodd asked. 'Getting rid of all your assets, impoverishing yourself, relying on your family or friends to take care of you in order to try to survive.'"

"Among those in attendance was a group of people particularly hit hard - people forced into early retirement by the economy and thereby forced out of their medical coverage."

"The program will offer services for caregivers such as respite care, transportation to doctor's offices, leaf raking, snow shoveling and keeping elderly charges company. Church volunteers will offer the services to low- to moderate-income caregivers of relatives... age 60 and older."

"Ms. Conti is among a growing legion of unemployed older workers who say the recession is leading them on a path toward early retirement -- whether they like it or not. Many are relying on financial resources, like Social Security payments, previously reserved for later in life..."

"With the exception of Far West, an alternative, arts-focused school that does not face restructuring, all high schools on the list are relatively new, created through an ambitious initiative to improve educational opportunities in low-income areas..."

"Almost 90% of seniors need and have some form of supplemental coverage on top of Medicare. Further, many low-income Americans rely on Medicare Advantage to supplement coverage"

"[T]he loan program, created with private and public funds, will be targeted at privately owned, subsidized properties that include rent restrictions for low-income residents, most of whom are senior citizens"

"[T]he grandmother, who raises her grandson in a low-income housing unit and whose part-time paychecks aren't big enough to give him the Christmas she would like him to enjoy"

"[T]he unique concentration of large facilities packed with the mentally ill in Uptown and Edgewater strained a part of the city already struggling with poverty and crime"

"By 2000, a quarter of the residents were over 65 and almost 16 percent lived in poverty about 4 percent higher than the national average."

"Poverty for the population overall increased in Davidson and Wilson counties during the period but declined in nearby Rutherford, Sumner and Williamson counties. But children living in almost every part of the region were more likely than other age groups...to live in poverty."

"The program prepares free federal and state tax returns for low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention given to those at least 60 years old. This is a joint program of the AARP Foundation and the Internal Revenue Service."