Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

Washington State Senior Citizens Foundation 2018 Annual Fall Conference

This Is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like

One State’s Quest to Introduce Long-Term Care Benefits

Retirement Readiness - Washington State Retirement Preparedness Study

Living Below the Line: Elder Economic Insecurity in Washington State

Older Adults Projected To Outnumber Children For First Time In U.S. History

Washington State Senior Citizens Foundation 2018 Annual Fall Conference

The 2018 Fall Conference is October 11, 2018. In addition, you are invited to the 2018 Reception to be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm in the Torcello/Burano and Living Room in the Hotel Murano 2nd Floor.

This Is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like

Many seniors are stuck with lives of never-ending work—a fate that could befall millions in the coming decades.

One State’s Quest to Introduce Long-Term Care Benefits

The reality is that many people are spending-down to poverty in their final years to access Medicaid to pay for long-term care, which the average lifetime cost is $260,000. There’s a better way, the Long-Term Care Trust Act is the plan we need to secure our future.

Secure Drug Take-Back bill Passes

After years of hard work and persistence, the MedTakeBack coalition has gotten the support of the Washington State Legislature for a comprehensive state-wide secure drug take-back program. The Drug Take-Back Program now has a page on Dept of Health website.

Medicare is mailing new Medicare cards.

The new cards should arrive in mailboxes in Washington State in the last half of 2018. Here are "10 things To Know About the New Medicare Cards

Retirement Readiness - Washington State Retirement Preparedness Study

The Washington State Legislature directed the Department of Commerce to study the retirement preparedness of Washington residents, based on region, age, type of employment, and income.

Fight fraud: Guard your Medicare card

If you have Medicare, you can protect your identity and help prevent health care fraud by guarding your Medicare card just like you would a credit card.

Living Below the Line: Elder Economic Insecurity in Washington State

Almost half of the older adults living alone in Washington State are likely to have trouble making ends meet each month.

Older Adults Projected To Outnumber Children For First Time In U.S. History

If you’re feeling old, you're in good company and apparently a lot of it. New statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau show that for the first time in U.S. history, older people are projected to outnumber children. And they expect it to happen in a little over a decade.

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