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In only four years, the ranks of seniors at risk of outliving their resources increased by nearly 2 million households.

Using the Senior Financial Stability Index, economic insecurity among senior households increased by one-third, rising from 27% to 36% from 2004 to 2008. This steady and dramatic increase was in progress even before the full force of the Great Recession hit.

Join us as we explore the findings of two recent studies on this issue from the Institute on Assets & Social Policy:

• From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity on the Rise
• The Crisis of Economic Insecurity for African American and Latino Seniors

Speakers: Ramsey Alwin, Director of NCOA's Economic Security Initiative, and Tatjana Meschede, Research Director for the Institute on Assets & Social Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University