Senior Hunger

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/07/30/senior-hunger

 

Senior hunger in America.  It’s insidious and it’s growing, quietly. That’s because seniors are humiliated and don’t want to be a bother and want to stay in their homes so they go hungry without making a fuss.
But advocates for the elderly are raising the alarm. An army of baby boomers who’ve saved nowhere near enough given how long they’re going to live is marching toward a hungry retirement.
This hour, On Point: the heartbreaking story of doing without after you’ve given your all in the land of plenty.