{"id":1970,"date":"2015-02-26T20:44:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T01:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plinylives.com\/?page_id=1970"},"modified":"2015-02-26T21:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T02:27:47","slug":"low-income-seniors-help-and-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/?page_id=1970","title":{"rendered":"Low-Income Seniors &#8211; Help and Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dollars-md.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1975 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dollars-md-300x165.png\" alt=\"Dollars\" width=\"129\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we get older many of us retire or work less hours. A consequence of this is that we have less income. Money worries can become a problem as we get older. For example even if you own your house and you have paid off your mortgage, you still have to pay property tax and utility bills. These can be quite high for someone who has a fixed income.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately there is some help for low-income seniors. Here are a few links with information that can provide financial help for seniors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Benefits for Low Income Seniors Find Programs to Make Ends Meet in Retirement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newretirement.com\/Services\/Low_Income_Benefits.aspx\">Benefits for Low Income Seniors\u00a0Find Programs to Make Ends Meet in Retirement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Benefits, Grants, and Loans Learn how to get benefits from the government and browse popular benefits by topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Citizen\/Topics\/Benefits.shtml\">Benefits, Grants, and Loans Learn how to get benefits from the government and browse popular benefits by topic<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Senior Citizens' Resources Find government resources for seniors on money, housing, health, consumer protection, and more..\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Topics\/Seniors.shtml\">Senior Citizens&#8217; Resources Find government resources for seniors on money, housing, health, consumer protection, and more..<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"&quot;Extra Help&quot; for Low-Income Seniors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpssm.org\/Medicare\/QAMedicarePartD\/ExtraHelpforLowIncomeSeniors\">&#8220;Extra Help&#8221; for Low-Income Seniors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Federal Government Programs for Seniors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eldercaredirectory.org\/federal.htm\">Federal Government Programs for Seniors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Government Benefits for Seniors: Navigate the Maze!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.help4srs.org\/legal\/govben\/quickguide\">Government Benefits for Seniors: Navigate the Maze!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Low-income assistance for Seniors from AARP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/money\/low-income-assistance\/\">Low-income assistance for Seniors from AARP<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/aarp-foundation\/our-work\/income\/info-2012\/public-benefits-guide-senior-assistance1.html\">Your Guide to Public Benefits\u00a0Learn about federal and state financial assistance for seniors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Senior and elderly assistance programs.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needhelppayingbills.com\/html\/senior_assistance_programs.html\">Senior and elderly assistance programs.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Seniors E-Guide: Resources For Low to Moderate Income Seniors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seniorsresourceguide.com\/articles\/art01034.html\">Seniors E-Guide: Resources For Low to Moderate Income Seniors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we get older many of us retire or work less hours. A consequence of this is that we have less income. Money worries can become a problem as we get older. For example even if you own your house and you have paid off your mortgage, you still have to pay property tax and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1970","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1970\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}