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Report: Nearly half of elderly in US cannot afford essential expenses

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-07-27 08:54

About 54 percent of older women living alone in the US are either classified as federally poor or have insufficient incomes to cover basic expenses, while 45 percent of older men face the same dilemma, according to the Elder Index from the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

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