On this edition of Your Call, we discuss issues facing elderly people. Senior poverty and elder abuse skyrocketed through the pandemic. The abuse cases jumped 83.6% over pre-pandemic, according to a Yale study Senior poverty also rose last year, with nearly 1 in 4 people 65 and older making less than$19,000 dollars per year. How will Republican control of the House affect the future of Medicare, Social Security, and other programs crucial to the health and wellbeing of seniors?
We also speak to an advocate with Ashby Village, an East Bay non-profit organization that connects older adults with other seniors and resources to help them age well and remain active.
Guests:
Denny Chan, managing attorney of the Equity Advocacy team at Justice in Aging
Dr. Laura Mosqueda, professor of family medicine and geriatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the Director of the National Center on Elder Abuse
Bab Freiberg, executive director of Ashby Village
Web Resources:
The New York Times: An Uptick in Elder Poverty: A Blip, or a Sign of Things to Come?
Justice in Aging: Older Women are Integral to Our Communities, Yet a Significant Percentage of Them Are Struggling to Stay Out of Poverty
The Wall Street Journal: Elder Abuse Spreads, Stoked by the Pandemic
