AP: The most vulnerable retirees struggle to survive

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131229/DAB031F82.html

By PATRICK SEMANSKY and PAUL WISEMAN Dec 29, 9:25 AM (ET)

It isn't the retirement George Warren dreamed of.

Confined to a wheelchair and living on disability payments after losing his job, Warren, 63, figures he would be homeless in old age if not for a senior housing program offered by Catholic Charities of Maryland.


This Dec. 21, 2013, photo shows Christmas cards from residents at Village Crossroads, an affordable senior community in Nottingham, Md., on a table in resident Helen Hatchell's apartment. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)


"I had plans, but life had other plans for me," he says.

Warren worked for decades, starting with a "sophisticated lemonade stand" he opened with friends at age 9. He paid into Social Security as he meandered through a half-dozen jobs in telecommunications and networking. But he lost his last job in what he calls an age-related layoff. And his income on disability isn't enough to cover his expenses.

FULL story at link.

[Laelth]

1. k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t

-Laelth