Document Type
Fact Sheet
Publication Date
4-2013
Keywords
poverty, Massachusetts, older residents, medical care, long-term care, housing, demographics
Disciplines
Demography, Population, and Ecology | Economic Policy | Family, Life Course, and Society | Health Law | Health Policy | Housing Law | Public Policy | Retirement Security | Social Policy
Abstract
Poverty affects the well-being of many of the Commonwealth’s older residents. Older adults whose incomes are fixed near the federal poverty level are likely to experience difficulties paying for necessities such as nutritious foods, adequate housing, and medical/long-term care and services that are needed to remain healthy and independent members of their communities.
Recommended Citation
Lyu, Jiyoung; Gravette, Hayley; Steinman, Bernard A.; Mutchler, Jan; and Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, University of Massachusetts Boston, "Poverty: Residents of Massachusetts, Aged 65 and Over" (2013). Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging Publications. Paper 6.
http://scholarworks.umb.edu/demographyofaging/6
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Comments
Demographic Fact Sheet #7