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"... [A]ccording to a survey of jobless men and women in that age group, nearly half have been job-hunting for a year or more. The study was commissioned by 'Experience Works,' a national nonprofit that provides job training and employment services to older and low-income workers."

"More grandparents are seeking help with utility payments and rent, as well as with securing food, clothing and extra bedding for their new housemates. One in six lives in poverty. In 2007, about 17 percent of grandparent households with children were living in poverty..."

"About 17,000 homes were seriously damaged, and 5,200 of the families in them did not have flood insurance. Most of the homeowners were poor or elderly, said Joe Higgs of Gulf Coast Interfaith, a group helping hurricane victims."

"[In the recession], providing a proper funeral for loved ones can be a daunting task for some families. And with state law regulating the burial or cremation of bodies, the job of providing proper burials for the impoverished often falls on local governments and funeral homes. "

"Since 2007, Medicaid has teamed up with 29 states to finance such programs, enabling the low-income elderly and people with disabilities to receive many services in their own homes."

"Global competition. Low-income workers in other nations have pushed down wages in the USA. Newly hired workers -- generally younger people -- experience the wage decline first, says economist Dean Baker of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal-leaning think tank."

"According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures, the median household income for seniors hovers near the poverty level, around $28,305. But the allure of what they've acquired -- the median net worth of those between 65 and 74 sits at $190,100 -- is what entices criminals..."

"Redder said company research has determined there are adequate housing opportunities for senior citizens in the low-income and high-income brackets. Those in the middle brackets, however, represent an underserved population."

"An aging population made more people eligible for Medicare... And deepening poverty rates made more people eligible for Medicaid, a joint federal-state program to cover the poor."

"The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living."

"The oldest seniors with the highest medical expenses and low-income seniors with few additional resources are likely to suffer the most from flat or diminishing income."