1 in 3 Michigan seniors can't afford basics, study says

Michigan's older adults are more likely to be poor and at greater risk of not being able to afford their basic living expenses than U.S. Census data indicate. According to a recent analysis by the Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology's Seniors Count! project, 37 percent of Michigan's seniors are living at or below a level of basic economic security. Many of these older adults dwell in the state's seemingly well-to-do suburbs. Yet they struggle financially – not to purchase vacations and luxury vehicles – but to buy the basic food, housing, transportation and medical care needed to survive.

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