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The Elder Index is a measure of the income that older adults need to meet their basic needs and age in place with dignity. The Elder Index is specific to household size, location, housing tenure, and health status.
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| Oct 9, 2023 | As local and national economies prove resilient, senior poverty is climbing | Washington state – home to major tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft – has seen its economy grow in affluence over the past decade. However, the region’s seniors are seeing very few benefits as the state’s poverty rate for those at or ... |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Assisted Living Will Become Financially Out of Reach for Many Middle-Class Americans | WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- America’s middle-income seniors could face a time of financial reckoning within the next decade, with the rising costs of health care and assisted living overwhelming their meager savings, a new ... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | "True cost of aging" index shows many U.S. seniors can't afford basic necessities | Fran Seeley, 81, doesn't see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she's uncomfortably close. Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, gets $925 from Social Security and a $287 disbursement from an individual retirement acc... |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Fact-Check: 41% of Retirees “Can’t Cover Basic Needs,”Says The Elder Index | CBS News, CNBC, The Boston Globe, Reuters and others have repeated the National Elder Economic Security Index’s claim that 41% of all retirees nationwide are “economically insecure.” According to the Elder Index, a project of several Massac... |
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What has the press written about Elder Index?
Parsers VC has collected 5 articles mentioning Elder Index, among them “As local and national economies prove resilient, senior poverty is climbing” (Oct 9, 2023) and “Assisted Living Will Become Financially Out of Reach for Many Middle-Class Americans” (Sep 7, 2022).
Is Elder Index still active?
Yes, Elder Index is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 13, 2024.