Media

• March/April 2010, Living on the Edge, AARP Magazine
• 3-6-09, Downturn Takes Its Toll on Senior Citizens, FOX Business News
• Nov/Dec 2008, "When Your Parents' Money is Your Problem", AARP Magazine
• Fall 2008, Economic Well-Being and Security of Older Americans: State Approaches and Innovations, Generations - The American Society on Aging Publication
• Fall 2008, Keeping Low-Income Seniors Afloat, Innovations: A Publication of the National Council on Aging
• 6-22-08, A Call to Baby Boomers: We Must Not Be Retiring About Our Debt to Society, The Chicago Tribune
• 6-5-08, Retirement Lifestyle Gets Boost from New Economic Tool, Fifty Plus Advocate
• 5-29-08, Many Seniors Can't Afford to Retire With Dignity Initiative Said, Older Americans Report
• 5-8-08, Women, Race, and Economic Security, The Black Commentator

Resources

• Press Release: WOW Unveils New National and State Data on Older Women’s Ability to Make Ends Meet
  
• Statement on Better Understanding the Economic Security of Seniors
• Press Release: National Organization Calls Measuring American Poverty Act " A Measure Whose Time Has Come": Cites Federal Poverty Level As Unrealistic (pdf)
• PRESS RELEASE: WOW Announces New State Partners in the Elder Economic Security Initiative (pdf)

• PRESS RELEASE - A New Measure of Income Adequacy for Older Americans Reveals Many are Ill Prepared to Retire with Dignity: Too Many Depend on Social Security as the Sole Means of Income. (pdf)

• Media Advisory (pdf)
• Click Here to Listen to the Audio News Conference Recording!
• Audio News Conference Panel Biographies
  • Joan Kuriansky, Esq.
  • James Firman, Ed.D.
  • Shirley Wilcher, Esq.
• Results to Date: Tracking Our Success in the States (pdf)
• The Initiative has been released in Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Connecticut and is set to release soon in New Jersey and Michigan.
• FAQ: The National Elder Economic Security Initiative (pdf)
• The Elder Economic Security Initiative™ Program for Advocates (pdf)
• The Elder Economic Security Initiative™ Program for Policymakers (pdf)
• The Elder Economic Security Initiative™ Program for Service Providers (pdf)