Meeting the Needs of Older Women: U.S. Administration on Aging

The Many Faces of Aging – “Of the more than 9 million older persons living alone, 80 percent are women.” More than one-half the elderly widows now living in poverty were not poor before the death of their husbands. Keywords: aging; older; elderly; men; women; income; long-term care; community services; black; white; color; food stamps; assisted living; Medicare; Medicaid