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"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."

"In 2007, according to census data, about 16 percent of immigrant seniors lived below the poverty line, compared with 12 percent of native-born elderly... Another 24 percent of immigrant elderly are the near-poor... sitting on the edge of a cliff.'"

"[Mr Bush] also could have focused on low-income workers, as Social Security's central role is to be a safety net for seniors. He could have done this by supporting a higher benefit for low-income workers than their record of contributions might offer..."

"Average credit card debt among low- and middle-income Americans 65 and older carrying a balance for more than three months reached $10,235, up 26 percent from 2005... It was the fastest increase of any age group. "

"...[It's] a poor region, where almost a quarter of residents live in poverty and the median income is $34,000. An older population of established farmers, many of them descendants of Dust Bowl refugees, is slowly being replaced by younger and poorer families with low-paying jobs..."