Going Up Senior Pau Hana Hard Times: Why Mo’ Old Folks Stay Grinding…👵💸📈

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Eh, skip all da extra stuffs and go straight to da meat of dis story. We talking about health an’ our old folks living in poverty today. Da kine benefits we wen give during dat big virus time been take back li’dat.

But plenny old folks no even using what still get for help dem out. Mary Cole stay living wit her grandson inside one small apartment Bristol, Va., on top $914 every month from Supplemental Security Income check. No easy fo Mary support herself an’ her 19-year-old grandson wit dat small kine money she getting every month.

She say Ho brah, I struggling plenty. She lucky though cause she got help from some local agency peeps who helped her apply for different kinds public assistance so now she only gotta pay $158 rent fo’ stay in one subsidized Section 8 building. One federal program helping Ms.Cole (she already 69 years old) with heating costs too!

An den the state cover the cost of her Medicare premiums and a Medicare savings program let’s her fill prescriptions for heart disease, hypertension, pulmonary disease and diabetes without breaking bank! But then had choke changes since that coronavirus pandemic time started slow down this year – like how Ms.Cole’s heating assistance went drop from $900 in 2021 to just $600 last year 😢 Her food stamps or as they call ’em nowadays — SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) — used be up at around tree hundred fifty-one dollars ($351), but now it dropped down to only one hundred forty dollars ($140). “Dat not going feed both us,” said Auntie Mary Cole 🍽️ And those stimulus checks everybody was happy about?

Well Auntie Mary done spent all hers long time ago 💸 By end each month usually pau money and she gotta think about going one food pantry.“I no like do dat,” Ms.Cole said. “I feel like I taking something away from other people.” Census Bureau wen announce that poverty among old folks in America jumped big time in 2022 😱 They use this thing called the supplemental poverty measure for check how many people over age 65 living in poverty and found out it went up from a low of 9.5 percent in 2020 to whopping10.7 percent just one year later. Last year, had even more — around14.

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Rising Senior Poverty Rates: Why More Elderly are Struggling…

Alright, let’s skip all the unnecessary details and get straight to the heart of this story. We’re discussing health and elderly poverty today.

The benefits we provided during that major virus outbreak have been retracted just like that.However, many seniors aren’t even utilizing what remains to assist them. Mary Cole lives with her grandson in a small apartment in Bristol, Va., surviving on $914 each month from her Supplemental Security Income check.

It’s not easy for Mary to support herself and her 19-year-old grandson with such meager income she receives every month.She admits it’s tough going but she is fortunate because she received help from some local agency workers who assisted her in applying for various types of public assistance so now she only has to pay $158 rent for living in a subsidized Section 8 building. A federal program is also helping Ms.Cole (who is already 69 years old) with heating costs!The state covers the cost of her Medicare premiums while a Medicare savings program allows her fill prescriptions for heart disease, hypertension, pulmonary disease and diabetes without emptying out all their money!

But there were numerous changes since the coronavirus pandemic began slowing down this year – like how Ms.Cole’s heating assistance dropped from $900 in 2021 down to just $600 last year 😢 Her food stamps or as they are referred nowadays — SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) — used be up at around three hundred fifty-one dollars ($351), but now it fell down to only one hundred forty dollars ($140). “That won’t feed both us,” said Auntie Mary Cole 🍽️ And those stimulus checks everyone was excited about?

Auntie Mary spent hers long ago 💸 By end each month usually run out money which makes think about visiting food pantry.“I don’t want do that,” Ms.Cole said. “I feel like I’m taking something away from other people.” The Census Bureau announced that poverty among the elderly in America significantly increased in 2022 😱 They use this tool called the supplemental poverty measure to check how many people over age 65 are living in poverty and found out it rose from a low of 9.5 percent in 2020 to a staggering10.