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For older adults and their families, aging poses the question: Where will I spend the later years of my life? Often that question is a tug of war between the

/PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Ramsey Alwin, President and CEO of the National Council on Aging (NCOA), on todays announcement of the...

One nonprofit organization is asking for your help to make our region the best area to age.

A recently released study from researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Boston has found that, due to the rising...

The Elder Index, developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, shows that nearly 5 million older women living alone, 2 million older men living alone, and more than 2 million older couples have incomes that make them economically insecure.

Hearst Connecticut Media. July 24, 2022.

Nationally and in every state, the minimum cost of living for older adults calculated by the Elder Index far exceeds federal poverty thresholds.

Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close.

About half of all senior men and women living alone are either in poverty or struggle to afford essentials.

The Elder Index tries to measure the real cost of aging for those on the edge of a financial cliff.