45% of Americans Over 65
Have Trouble Meeting Their Basic Needs
Justice in Aging Uses Legal Tools to Fight Senior Poverty
Justice in Aging ensures that all low-income seniors have high quality health care and sufficient resources to keep a roof over their heads, pay for food and medicine, and meet their other basic needs. Our three-pronged approach to advocacy directly improves the lives of millions. We train individual advocates and distribute briefs on emerging legal issues low-income older adults face. From these on-the-ground partners, we learn about systemic issues and work to address them through legislative and administrative advocacy. If those methods fail to bring about the change we seek, we use impact litigation to advance justice.
Health Care
Older adults with Medicare spend an average of $5,368 a year on out-of-pocket costs and most have no long-term care coverage. We protect and improve programs that provide affordable health and long-term care for low-income older adults. We help people age at home and in their communities. We remove barriers to health care services for low-income older adults.
Economic Security
Nearly 5 million older Americans live on less than $1,000 a month. We expand access to programs that help older adults meet their basic needs. We remove barriers low-income seniors face in getting the resources they need.
Litigation
Justice in Aging is the only national organization focused solely on fighting senior poverty. We bring justice to older adults who have been marginalized and excluded. We’ve returned billions in benefits to older adults with limited resources. We work in partnership with advocates and pro bono attorneys at some of the nation’s top law firms.
Our Latest Resources
Free Webinar: Protecting Clients from Improper Medicare Marketing—What Advocates Need to Know
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021, 10:00 a.m. PT – 11:30 a.m. PT Each year during the Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period (October 15-December 7), people with
The Role of Elder Justice in Our National Racial Justice Reckoning
This piece was published originally at NextAvenue.org. Our current racial justice reckoning has invited our nation to reconsider our most basic institutions and structures, acknowledge
Justice in Aging’s Summary of the Final California 2021-22 Budget
California’s final budget, which rolled out at the end of June into early July uses some of the state’s surplus to enact some of the
Fact Sheet: Why Older Adults Need Bold Investment in Medicaid HCBS
Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) are a lifeline for millions of older adults with disabilities. Yet, the program has been underfunded for decades, leaving
California Makes it Easier for Low-Income Residents to Get and Keep Free Health Coverage
Kaiser Health News: California Makes it Easier for Low-Income Residents to Get and Keep Free Health Coverage (July 20, 2021) A provision in California’s newly
Newsom Promised Big on California Health Care. Where do his Bold Plans Stand Now?
CalMatters: Newsom Promised Big on California Health Care. Where do his Bold Plans Stand Now? (July 19, 2021) Before the pandemic, Newsom recognized the state
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