11/19/2013 – Federal cuts hit seniors who want to live at home

For seniors desperate to avoid nursing homes, government-funded services such as free rides to doctors’ appointments are key to independent living.

But the $80 billion in deep federal budget cuts this year has trimmed many such services, putting seniors more at risk of losing their ability to live at home, according to a survey of agencies that work with the elderly.

Read the full article at CNN Money.