The Truth About Van Life As A Poor Working Senior At 75
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- I have done many many videos on van life and seniors living as nomads in rvs, cars, and in other alternative living situations. Many of those seniors are doing so by choice and love the freedom the lifestyle offers. Many others are forced to move into vehicles because they are living on meager fixed social incomes. Some like Lindy in this video have adapted and if given the chance to move back to a traditional housing situation would choose to remain as nomads.
But, every senior I have encountered living on a very limited income faces enormous challenges and in this video and in future videos I will be sharing some of those challenges and the bravery of these seniors. They are at a time in life where they have spent years contributing to society but seem to have been cast aside in many instances to fend for themselves caught up in senseless bureaucratic mazes that make their lives even more difficult. I know many of my viewers are very familiar with these challenges as you are seniors in similar circumstances. I would love to hear your remarks and opinions.
If you would like to support Lindy there is an easy way to do it. Just go over to her UA-cam channel,
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January 18 - 21. We will be meeting from 4pm on the 18th to 20th and from dusk on the 21st for my 70th Birthday Bash. Hopefully, Lindy will be on a panel during the meetup if you would.like to meet her. - Розваги
This is why my mom lives with me, she's supported me throughout my life it's an honor to help her. If I got a dime she's got a nickle.
Well here's my idea if I get 40 grand in medical bills I don't gotta pay it cause look people that never worked a day in there life but there getting care that covers stuff but not people that work
God bless you and your precious Mom
so your grandma leave with you and your mom younger ?
Yesss ma’am
Wish all children thought about more about their parents . Today's young adults are selfish and just don't care or they take their parents into their homes and abuse them ...
. In my opinion .
What is sad about this situation is our government sends billions to foreign countries and ignoring their own citizens basic needs to survive. Senior citizens and children are homeless, but we give thousands to everyone except those who desperately need help, Prayers for this lady, sending hugs.
SS is a failing Ponzi scheme, but you are absolutely right that we should not be sending money to other countries, especially Ukraine. The majority of that money is being laundered and the weapons sold. That money should stay right here in the USA and used to help our own people.
Truth.
Yes because freedom isn't free
and millions of dollars taking care of so called migrants
Have to also look into what their State is doing for the homeless.
We can give money to nearly every other country across the world. We need to spend a fraction of what we give away building affordable homes for our seniors.
Couldn't.agree more.
@@gloriouslifeonwheels3621 can you image if you went to your mom and asked for a 100 billion. mom: what do you do with the last 100 billion??.
If we gave nothing to other countries we would still have the problem of not building housing for our folks. We actually give very little of our federal budget to other countries for foreign aid. That's not why we don't take care of our folks. We simply don't prioritize housing for all. Only 1/4 of all those eligible for housing vouchers can get them - because the federal government simply doesn't budget for the amount needed for all who qualify! Heartless.
Vote republican
@@dittohead7044 That would not be smart
When I was a senior in high school back in 1980 I always knew I would need a place to live. I had been working summer jobs throughout my high school years and saved every dime I made. I bought a used mobile home for $1,250. I was out looking for a place to move it to and came across an empty acre of land in the country. I went to the courthouse to find out who the land belonged to and the owner just happened to be our judge. He had forgotten that he owned the property. He sold it to me for $2,500 That was 43 years ago. I haven't paid rent in 43 years now. I dont have any landlords, banks, or rules to answer to. I have kept my trailer up very well through out my life alway making repairs if needed. I'm 61 now and retired after welding for the same company for 30 years. I am so grateful of the decisions I made while I was young.😊
Also - the two amazing strokes of luck that fell into your lap !!! As you can read, many of us were not so lucky.
@@user-lf2lf6wy4z I think you missed the 43 years ago! Must have done a good job to keep it for 30 years.
Many things can go wrong over the years (drink,drugs etc) but appears they just stayed away from trouble like many of us are able to do.
Well done murraychadwick.
@user-lf2lf6wy4z I agree. Kinda mind blowing to see so many people patting themselves on the back and acting holier than thou when they did little different than the next guy who is in dire financial cercumstances.The people I truly respect and admire are people who have true character generally built through struggle because ill health, one parent households, or other devastating circumstances..but continue to put one honest foot in front of the other. Those are the people who generally help others whenever they can. Those are the heros.😊
BEAUTIFUL.. My mother n law did the same thing , and I too am working on my decision with off grid living and a trailer. I saw a lot of this when visiting UTAH, New MEXICO, and Colorado. Housing is ridiculous.
I’m so glad u had the intuition to do this
"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich". ~ Voltaire
How so?
@@SamLA342 you cant satisfy the rich cuz they're greedy
@@michi-bi- why hate on the rich? They are not the American Red Cross.
What about funding illegals and funding the puppet government in the Ukraine?
Wow. Your absolutely right how many billions do we give away to other country’s……. So we can get an attaboy. Doesn’t make one bit of sence
Exactly😀
I don't see stockpiling food in her situation as hoarding. I see it as survival.
I stockpile food too because I was a single mom and it wasn't stable. I made $200/month too much but I was going through a custody battle not receiving support. I had $15/wk for groceries and my toddler's diapers. I washed clothes in the tub and hung them on the shower rod for five months. I bought a share through a food coop $15 for $30 of food, though the meat was frozen and expired. Plus I had to work two hrs a month to be in the program. The free clinic here where I live gives food out to any resident of the city and they ask how many people in your family so they increase it per family member. You can go twice a month. It's a really great provider for the community. When I was on short term disability for my hip and then surgery/recovery, I utilized them for me and my husband.
I will subscribe and follow for you, Lindy.
And the food that's available in giveaway programs all contain salt, sugar and starch - three unhealthy food types that can be deadly to an elderly woman.
Yeah, sometimes you have to "hoard" certain necessary items and in a situation like this, it's smart.
Everyone should have a month of supplies for an entire family in case of natural disaster, etc.
I am outraged that a social worker told her she is better off living in her van!! Serious callousness on their part! The social worker should be forced to do that and see how great it is!! Living in the elements with no toilet or shower or kitchen! Just evil!!!
sometimes it's not much better in a house when you can't afford heat
I believe the social worker was trying to be honest. The alternative was so much hassle and not attainable. 7:46
Actually my housing coordinator told me the same thing. Shelters are dangerous and your things get stolen all the time. Plus I have pets that I will not ever give up.
@@lamoinette23when senior housing is up to 1000/month just for rent and on top of that riddled with cockroaches the van is better to live in. My hubby and I live in an rv because we can no longer afford apartments even the so called low income senior apartments.
The social worker didn't say it was "great." She said she is better off living in her van. That appears to be the case ----she told the truth.
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You don't need a toilet, shower or kitchen. They are conveniences, not necessities. There is really no suggestion that she isn't managing reasonably.
At age 74, I use a wood stove to heat my house rather than turn on my gas furnace. I can get srcrap wood for free. I sleep in a sleeping bag and the temperature can get down to forty when the fire goes out at night. But it's not a hardship ---it's my PREFERRED lifestyle.
On the coldest day of winter in Seattle this past winter (+15F or so), I had a nock on my door at midnight. A woman at my door BEGGED me to let her stay in my home that night, and I agreed She was wrapped in blankets from head to toe. Now THERE was a woman who was living "in the elements."
But this woman was doing well enough from what I can see. Her only real complaint was cold winter temperatures, but we don't know where she lives. In many areas (mine included- Seattle) living in a van is safe to do as far as temperatures go,
This woman had a LIFETIME to save money to protect herself in old age. She didn't do it. Even so, she is doing OK in my view.
Worked my whole life, up to three jobs simultaneously, for this not to happen and STILL I am concerned as an older woman alone.
Something is seriously wrong when a person can be responsible and work their entire adult life and still not be able to afford a decent place to live as a senior!!
Yes
Where is your husband?
Congratulations! I see you as a strong an independent woman. Keep up the good work!
@@gloriouslifeonwheels3621 I agree. I am in the same situation. I worked 55 years and retired at 74. I had good paying jobs and most years worked 48 to 52 hours a week. Yet, It is scary not knowing how long I will be able to make ends meet.
“They got millions for war but can’t feed the poor” -Tupac ❤😢
You can say that again, this has happened to me back then as Orthopaedic & Oncologist Cancer specialist as a Doctor in the United State. Everyone since the dawn of time has shared in this current experience. Loving and missing home is part of the human experience, Thank God she found a home, where are you from?
And what did Tupac did to help? 🤷🏻♀️
AND illegal alien invaders
@@joanbelmont5450stop it. He’s not the government. Why are you upset with a dead man? He was thorough on his stance against the evils of the government.
@@joanbelmont5450 they had him killed before he could do anything
My 90 yr old mom lives with me. It is very difficult but I would never let her be homeless.
Hello Margaret
How are you doing today/
My 82 year old mom lives with me and YES.........Hard is putting it lightly but necessary and I know she's safe, eating well, warm when it's cold and cool when it's hot- She's got all she needs until she doesn't need it anymore but boy is it a struggle. I went through it with my dad, too.
Thank you for doing that for her!
@Margaret and Janine, God bless you both for caring for your parents.
Nice of you.
This is a good reason why you should really try hard to get a small paid off place in the country before you get old. I fixed up an old house on 2 acres and it has worked out great for me. I garden, I have fruit trees, berry bushes. All I pay is land taxes (300 bucks a year) and electricity about 150 bucks a month. I live pretty good out here in the rural Ozarks.
Yes. I saw another video pushed to me and they were a couple who bought an abandoned house at 22k. Mortgage free instantly.
It is a good way to go.@@jasxteo
I'm glad people are given a chance to explain why their in a bad situation. I became disabled (amputation) a few years ago. I'm 52 worked hard all my life making good money. I'm in the same boat, make SSDI money which is too much to get food stamps. I don't eat everyday and have to panhandle to get basic needs. Our gov has enough money to help other countries but not our own people. I lived on the streets for around a year and a half in a wheelchair
Sorry to hear this. Sending you strength.
Ditto but with Stage 4 cancer at age 50 and on SSDI that makes too much even tho it's from the government. Worked when I was 13 .Was denied Badgercare/Medicaid and SSI before I was approved SSDI.I have been homeless twice.
You know you can live on 150 dollars a month for groceries. (With toilet paper, tissues, toiletries, soap etc it would be a little more) and cook simple home food. Lentils brown rice, chicken stew, oatmeal fruits and veges. It is doable. My groceries bills are no more than this for myself alone in 2024.
@@SeattlePioneer yeah me too, I was a union taper for 24 years then had my own small drywall co. For around 6 years.
Everybody is making comments on how she is surviving by being prepared and how she chose to live this way. She's in her 70s. Shes done her time in life. She deserves to live out her last years on earth comfortably without having to compromise on housing, food or healthcare
But this IS the world we live in now. I'm 55 and I'll never have that either.
@@noname7782I hope that you’re okay.
Yes. But we have to protect the one percent. God forbid we help others
I couldn't hear her UA-cam sight , I liked to follow her (Lindy)
How has she "done her time". Do we know if she ever worked during her life? Do we know how she spent, saved or frittered her money away? We know shyte all about her or how she chose to live. We all have choices & mountains to climb in order to see the view. Climbing mountains isn't easy. Neither is life.
I am 75 years old as well. My heart breaks for
us seniors here. We work all our lives and one illness, job loss, etc, and we are homeless.
It's the federal govt's responsibility to ensure that no American is homeless, let alone homeless and living (and dying) in squalor)..."charity begins at home", "seal the borders, 'open borders' are insane", "stop with the 'massive immigration'".
Yes
The older people I know lived in subsidized housing or absolute free rent, received low cost or free medications, same with healthcare.
The young people I have known who have no husband or boyfriend supporting the kids just herself, got free housing, healthcare, food stamps, some transportation free, bus passes etc and welfare checks.
My spouse in 70, I am 50 and can't work at this time but doing schooling . 56 yrs he worked and we barley get by. Praise God I have cheap rent.
Do not rely on government!! They do not care. They never have.
I am 65. I live in my van too. I can't afford rent and have no one in my life that can help me. Days are hot and long. I understand your struggles and pray for you
I am sorry for your situation. I understand feeling alone.
She is right about being better off in the van and here is why. I am a senior now and I got into an independent living situation for 52 and older. It was marvelous or so I thought. NOT. It was supposed to be for market rate residents. I felt as though I was rewarded for all my years of work finally. NOT. They started moving in all kinds of people that were on assistance. Not to say that all people on assistance are druggies or filthy but the neighbor I had was. They ignored my pleas to help, lied to me, gaslighted me and told me they did not smell anything when they were standing in the stink. He would scream all night after his meth binges, my apartment was not habitable. I thought I was going to die. 2 very elderly ladies across the hall did die. The duct work was inter connected so there was no way to stop it. There were roaches, and bed bugs in some of the apartments, and the carpet was molded in the hall ways. They locked up the AC box in the hallways to save money so the molded carpet got worse. When a friend took me out I could hardly walk. I was sick for over a week. Could not eat. The place was not owned by the city housing authority but it was managed by it. They pulled up the pool. The day room ceiling was falling in. And you know what, they got away with it because no one came to check up on their elder family or check out the place and they KNEW this. So they did whatever they wanted. I went to the Head of the housing authority and she did nothing. She wrote me and intimidating letter. I realized that the building was owned by city investors, lawyers, doctors, etc. They were all in bed with each other. We were simply a tax write off. I went to the mayor, had an appointment, but when I got there, he was sick and could not see me. So even after I left, and lost all my furniture, I still cared about the people there, I called the state health department. I knew any complaints to the city would be laughed at. But not the state. They health department went in and pulled that guy out and they had to redo his whole apartment. Yahoo!! It would have been cheaper to just enforce the rules. Yep. It was unfortunately too late for the 2 ladies who died. Thank God, I got out or I would be dead too. Meth causes your blood pressure to go up and can cause a heart attack or stroke especially in the elderly. I lost my stuff but I got out alive. So even in places that are supposed to be good for elders, there is stuff going on. Not good. Please check on you elders. We are to honor our father and mother. No where in that command does it say honor your perfect mother and father.
Well said! Icluding the nursing homes
God bless you. I'm 75 in affordable housing and I have neighbors from hell. This weekend I'm going to start setting my car up for sleeping in at night so I can sleep more than 2 hours without being woke up. I can go home in the daytime and get things done so I can move out. I have no choice as my physical and mental health are suffering immensely. I have ptsd , depression and anxiety.
People are just getting so disrespectful, cruel, inconsiderate and the list goes on. In my case it's narcissistic abuse. I hear you and understand you did what you had to do. May you find peace and serenity and simple things as a roof over your head where you are safe. I'm going to. I've had enough. Keep on keeping on.
@@sharon70418 God bless you. I understand completely. I have slept in my car as well. I have another neighbor from hell as we speak. The landlord is not enforcing the lease. He is selling drugs. Smoking and makes me miserable. But I am not running anymore. All the apartment managers care about is occupancy and money. Just be careful. I am praying for you.
Yeah, that's what they do. It sucks.
@@sharon70418 hey
I am sorry to hear you are going through this. I fixed up my SUV for camping but ended up escaping from the next place, a room I was renting. It was terrible and my thyroid swelled up. But thank God all I had to do was jump in my Ford Escape and escape. I had already also prepared for my pet guinea pig in there to. I went to a campground where I had electricity. And water hookups. It had a nice bath house. I had a hot spot on my phone for internet to run on my 32 inch big screen which separated the back from the front. When I pulled into a spot. Two other campers immediately saw I only had a small pop up tent that I had bought to house my electric scooter. It had to come out cause it took too much space. They put me up a big tent they had for me to go back and get what I could of my stuff and store it. Campers always are so friendly. I enjoyed that time. I think my guinea did too. I had a stand up portable AC with the exhaust running out the window. I was comfortable. Since I am alone in life, I try to think in advance. I am going bug it out again just in case. I just bought another portable ac. Was thinking yesterday to get a bug out bag together. Hang in there. There is no shame in t he game of taking care of yourself. Move in silence and do what you have to do.
My Mother raised my brother and I by herself. She never had any retirement money and worked at Walmart Photo Lab along with Social Security to survive. When she wasn’t able to work anymore, my brother and I made up the difference. We took care of everything for her. Eye glasses, prescriptions, clothes, food, utilities, gas, tv, furniture, computer, cellphone, cable and more. Her SS checks just paid her rent in her apartment. Mom wouldn’t have survived without us. It’s so sad how America treats seniors and veterans. I’m glad my brother and I had careers where we could take care of her all the way to the end of her life. She was one of the lucky ones. Mom had family.
Outstanding for stepping up . 😊
You’ve raised very good children ❤❤❤
May God bless you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
A lot of children out there take their parents or caregivers for granted. They turn the other cheek and don’t want to recognize how well, with love they were taken care of! You both had honor your mother. Your days shall be long. For this is a commandment with a promise! Amen 🙏🏻
Well if she wasn't in a position to raise/afford children why have them? Abortion and adoption WAS an option. What a burden for all of you.
And this is also something that our culture is actually rather strange about is that we don't look to our family as much as other cultures. I think that we should help our family. I mean I've helped my mom quite a bit and my daughter helps me and I help her and also my other daughter people should be more family-oriented and help each other. There was a time when older people would always live in the same house as their children. Of course they usually had a big house so maybe that's an issue, but it just seems to me that the other problem is zoning laws that restrict you from doing whatever you want in your yard and you're on your property. Like there should be a way to have a tiny home maybe in a backyard zoning laws are very unfriendly to people sharing property and that needs to change as well.
Seniors cannot survive on social security alone its shameful in this country .My dad is 87 years old on social security but he lives with me which I love could not imagine him anywhere else.
@ZeesOutfoors&Adventures oh my. We’ll the social security is bad for seniors in USA. I hope you and your dad are doing fine
Amen to you for having your dad with you. I took care of my mom before her passing. When she got Alzheimer’s. But, when my dad was alive he got sick and couldn’t work. My brother took my parents in. And it was great to have them all in one place to see and visit. I just know my mom wouldn’t be able to afford living alone. And, my sis is also in a situation where she lives with her daughter. But can’t afford to live on her own. She’s also a senior. It’s a horrible situation for many.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@craftyplanner thx. I’ve been taking care of family no matter how hard it’s been. Sorry for your mom loss. Hope your dad feels better soon. God bles your bro. It’s a blessing to have them in 1 place to see together. But ya take care and amen
You are an awesome Daughter!
I bought a house 13 years ago when interest rates were low. I spent all my spare income for 8 years paying off that house. I had friends that took out cheap bank loans to buy stuff and saved nothing during that time. I'm so glad I made my house the first priority. I paid it off the year before Covid struck, and I had to shut down my business. Now I can work part time and consider myself semi retired since I was 47 yrs old. I feel sorry for people that missed out on buying a house. My own children will have a harder time than i did.
Sounds like you made some smart sacrifices that paid off. Sadly, these days unless family is able to help many if not most young folks will never own a home. I think that is the plan. An upcoming video on that.
@gloriouslifeonwheels3621 Yeah, I won't be able to give my kids cash for a down payment, but I don't charge them rent to live at home so they can save faster. I understand why parents are asking their kids for rent, but it's not something I could ever do. ❤️
You get a gold star!
@@gloriouslifeonwheels3621 >
THERE is a self defeating attitude!
I instead of throwing your hands up as you do, I would advise young people to work 60 hours/week or more at whatever they can, live frugally and SAVE the difference between what you earn and what you really need to spend.
Don't buy JUNK or waste money on TRAVEL!
Write me again in twenty years and we'll talk about what advice has paid off.
@@SeattlePioneer a gold star and no mortgage. Lol 😆 🤣 yup, I'll take both
I'm almost 72 and my husband left me for a man after 28 years. I'm in a house and praying he pays it off and the taxes every year, like he promised. Never thought I would be screwed like this. Won't give me a divorce and I can't afford one. Not everyone is hurting in a van. We are ALL hurting!
Except the billionaires. Who just, a few years back, got a tax break.
@@user-lf2lf6wy4z really 🤦♀️
why are you relying on a man? Cant you work like he does and pay your half? One day the two of you can sell it and split it 50/50
You should try Legal Aid and get a pro bono lawyer. I would think maybe he should be obligated to pay the legal fees. You really need protection.
men have more to offer... know what i mean?
I am 59 and thankful to have a van to live in , I see people sleeping under the underpass . That would really be hard .
Amen bro🇦🇺
Tim why aren't you doing more videos? It might help you make a few extra $.
Blessings
Then if this is the case you should be saving all the money you would otherwise be spending on rent and utilities. Use this time to your advantage, you may eventually wind up in a pretty nice place financially.
Yes, but they are/have made laws criminalizing people for sleeping in their car! I understand about neighborhoods not wanting some that are bad but there are people sleeping off of a highway in a remote area and people are mad about in Las Vegas. Best wishes. A lot of people will be forced to do it because the cost of everything is just too high, especially rents.
It's obvious she doesn't feel sorry for herself. She's making the best of her situation she's amazing .
It's almost funny how much calmer Lindy sounds than Carol does.
@@dianadeejarvis7074 Yes! Like Carol is trying to make it negative. But Lindy is having none of that.
@@mygoodlife204 she's not trying to make it negative, she's trying to put it out there because there are people forced into this life among the ones who choose to do it, this needs to get out there.
I do not know what that means when people say that someone does not feel sorry for themselves.
God bless you, Lindy. I'm also 75, living in a tiny apt that takes most of my SS for rent. Fortunately I also have a modest pension from a government job which must cover every other expense. I'm slightly over income for any assistance. My vehicle is too small to live in & I still owe more for it than it's worth. I feel stuck too. My grown children could not help me nor are they in situations I want to live in. In some ways I envy you. But I'm grateful for what The Lord has provided for me. I pray He continues taking care of you.
I am in my 30s but this is one of my biggest fears when I get old. Being alone and homeless. I hate seeing people having to go through this. It’s heartbreaking to see people that have worked all their lives to end up living like this. 😢
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So? Start NOW to avoid that future!
My method for avoiding that future was:
1 Earn an ordinary income. I worked sixty hours/week or more for years to maximize my income
2. Live frugally Just as an example, I've NEVER purchased a new car and I bought my current car in 2007 for $1500 (1992 Chevy Astro van)
3. Invest the difference between what you earn and what you spend in stocks or rental real estate.
4. Don't get married or have children.
At age 74, I have a net worth of several million dollars.
Bless her heart! Wishing her all the very best!! ❤️💐
Lindy, you are NOT a hoarder. You are a prepper! You are very smart and I commend you on your prepping of food because you are going to need it.
Absolutely!!
I have a basement of food supplies and medical supplies I'm a pepper too.
@@kelleyjerred8032 that’s generous of you
@Terri Hansen you got a good point. It’s good to be prepared and yes she’ll need it
Best to have a roommate
I'm sick to my stomach. I couldn't imagine my mom, grandma or aunt being out there. WE must fix this! THIS IS DISGUSTING!
Vote
@@laven111 Then pray.
They are busy to take care illegal immigrants which effect to their vote
@@tarch2007 100% agree we look after illegal immigrants not are own people TOTALLY FUKING DISGUSTING
Or some people must pay their Taxes - what will happens to her becoming 80 or 90?
So much respect for her and all the other women.take care ladies.greetz from the Netherlands
Hello and welcome from the Netherlands. It is a terrible thing when a society does not take care of their elderly.
This lady deserves better. Her strength is very impressive
I would say that HAD SHE LIVED HER LIFE MORE WISELY, she would not be living in a van.
More than likely that's the result of a lot of foolish decisions.
@@SeattlePioneer
You ought to try being horribly judgemental every now & then - it might really suit you
@@tobyjackman3212 Oh boo hoo!
@@tobyjackman3212
Heh, heh!
Do you REALIZE how horribly Judgmental your post is?
@SeattlePioneer
TF are you on about
This is exactly why I hated working as a caseworker because everything is stacked against helping people. IF she had received SNAP benefits (food stamps) because her income WAS $8 less? Guess what? She’d receive the minimum she was eligible for! Like $21. How do people say this is the best country? This is embarrassing. Bless you ♥️
It IS the best country, but that does NOT mean everything is ideal. There is A LOT we can improve. Step 1: vote out people who give OUR tax dollars to foreign countries and illegal immigrants.
As a Dane, I am amazed at how little the American government helps their own elderly who do not have the means to manage the most necessary things themselves. The Danes have a social law which ensures, among other things, that in addition to a "people's pension" (which, however, is in relation to the amount of personal earnings), certain supplements can be granted for medicine, glasses, dentist, rent subsidy, heating assistance, etc.
It may well be that we are at the top of the tax list, but we get something for the money. In addition, free library, hospital treatment, schools and university are provided to the population.
In order to afford all that, the government has had to choose to limit the number of refugees and immigrants, but provides all the help they can afford for, among other things to Ukraine and certain foreign countries.
Just have to add that there are approx. 6 million people in Denmark!
You can leave?
It's the best country in the world illegal alien you get everything and never paid in the goddamn system
I totally agree. I am 63 and am still working, and I don’t see any end to it. It’s a shame. The sad part is a lot of younger Americans do not respect the elderly.
The time to plan for retirement is in 20's and 30's. If you don't get it all taken care of early, it's likely you'll work until you can't anymore. And when you can't anymore, the conditions you'll live in will be that of the poor. That may be why some younger people don't respect the elderly. The elderly that they're exposed to, appear to be something the young people have no desire to become.
@@enermaxstephens1051 A lot of elderly did plan for retirement. Things right now are crazy expensive. If you’re young, you will one day find out. There is also people who couldn’t plan, because they lived from paycheck to paycheck. There is absolutely no excuse for disrespect to the elderly. I took care of my parents with the help of my children. My parents had nothing to leave anyone. We took care of them out of love for them. The Bible speaks of honoring our parents and caring for the poor. The problem is, too many don’t believe in GOD, but all over Harry Potter.
In socialist and woke Europe elderly are revered! Often 3 generations live in 1 household. BUT THATS WOKE!!! SOCIALIST! You are in the greatest country on earth and ITS ABOUT THE FREE MARKET!!! IF THE OLD SUFFER THATS HOW IT GOES BECAUASE MAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THE WEALTH NEEDS TO GO TO THE TOP 0.2% BABY!!!
@@annesand7157excuse me? So you’re saying if someone likes HP they don’t believe in God? Or don’t know how to respect elders?
@@yourekittenme. HP is sorcery (witch craft). The questions you’re asking me, you should ask yourself.
I can totally relate to this story .... it's so sad that Seniors are suffering financially and probably emotionally as well .... I hope that Seniors will have a better support system within our Government, their family and society .... God bless our Seniors.
I completely understand.
God bless all of us, who are struggling to surrive.
Seniors have at the easiest right now
She is doing a really good job so that’s a help. Dear Lord help her cause folks around her to help her stay warm and healthy and well taken care of.
Amen
I'm a retired hospital dietitian and this was one of the most frustrating parts of my job. It was frequently senior women living in poverty who had to buy their medications and then had nothing left for food. So many of their medical conditions would be improved and medications not needed if they could eat better!! The government will pay through medicare for a diabetic's foot to be amputated but not for enough medication and healthy food to avoid that problem. So sad and frustrating.
I know exactly what you mean. I am 61, disabled and need new knees, but I am post-menopausal with hypothyroidism, which makes it nearly impossible to lose enough weight for knee surgery. Medicare won't pay for any weight-loss prescriptions that would help, but they will pay for bariatric surgery, which I do not want. I also worked in a hospital for many years, and I have seen some horror stories as a consequence of it. The government is willing to pay for invasive surgery, but not for a pill that would be a safer alternative.
@@luann7517 what about water aerobics or sitting in a chair? You can do lots of exercises in a chair.
Our farming system needs to be overhauled also. They supplement corn more than fruits and vegetables
@@truthhearit1471 You don't know enough about weight loss. The body is programmed to retain fat - and it is very difficult to lose it. Almost impossible without medication or surgery.
@@DeeDee-lz8zx that still doesn't mean that the person can't do other types of exercises that might help with muscle tone and muscle mass.
Unfortunately it’s not just seniors that are having a hard time finding affordable housing. It’s happening to folks of all ages.
Old people are at a disadvantage as they can no longer be who they were when they were young. The body and mind changes with age.
Yes, many young people have to live with roommates.
All ages. All walks of life. And all people do is blame the individual.
One other thing that is ludicrous is that these people paying rent like my daughter does $1,600 a month rent. I don't know how she does it, for an apartment, cannot qualify for a house loan that would have a lower payment. These are this is an example of some of the rules that need to change. In addition, there should be zoning changes so that there are allowable exceptions. For example, putting a tiny home in a backyard that is large enough, if you have 5 acres you can only have one home on that 5 acres for example. They should change that to two and a half acres. That way you could have a home and you could have a small tiny home or something for an older person or a relative or whatever.
It’s not just seniors friends a lot of young people can’t afford these rentals since the pandemic.. also in my area minimum wage is still $7.25 hr..so even a $15 a hr job you would struggle becsuse a 1 br here is now about $1300… I been in my apt 11 years and my rent went up $100 in June and $800 a month is cheap .. but hard on a fixed income but since I had a 2 br my daughter and grandson moved with me because she lost her job when the pandemic hit ..but we budget separately.. because she is a single mom.. no support for the child.. .. the father has never had contact and he is almost 8 so I’m glad I could at least provide shelter.. we make it work and have for the last 2 years..I live very frugal and believe in every check I get something goes to savings.. cause the pandemic wiped me out but my bills stayed current..
This is why it's so important to think about retirement in your 20's and 30's. I was raised by people her age who knew better than to rely on the government. They weren't rich, but they were frugal and always worked retirement into their budget. As early as their 20's. Now they ALL have a paid off house, and a bonafide retirement.
My goal is to do the same. I refuse to depend on my children. I expect ssi to be completely dried up by time I retire. Consider her story a cautionary tale. It's sad, but more importantly. It's usually avoidable. NEVER expect anything from the government or the people around you.
Even when your house is paid off, you will have to pay property taxes….which just keeps going up and might take all of your social security check just to pay for the property tax
Don't forget insurance, utilities, phone and cable. All going up, up, up!
Property taxes etc are cheaper than mortgage. And there are always ways to cut utilities bills and no cable please when you retire
Very true. My husband and I have saved since our early thirties, after we got married. No one making a regular income can hope to retire comfortably if they haven’t saved consistently their working life.
I agree. Planning is the key. I see so many young people without a career and wonder at what point will they want to retire and have nothing to use to do so. It is not the government's job to take care of you. Otherwise taxes will be outrageous. I worked with someone (both in our 40's) and she had had her own business for years prior, but paid nothing into social security, didn't save, but relied upon her husband that then left her. She went to a financial planner without any money, no means of retirement income, not even social security and guess she thought he would work wonders for her. She even quit her present job that if she had just stuck it out for 10 years would have had a retirement income and forever health insurance. Was not a smart move. While I am not blaming these seniors I just like you am reiterating how important it is to plan, and be independent, plan for the ups and downs in life and not be one of these seniors. It is sad to see this.
This absolutely breaks my heart. Prayers dear Lindy. You are a beautiful lady.
I worked with an older retired teacher who was in a wheelchair at times in a part-time job. At times, she was falling asleep or smelling bad or looking messy. I found out later that she was living in a CAVE nearby with other homeless people!!! That poor woman!! She could not afford an apartment, but later did finally get into subsidized housing only to be hit and killed by a car while crossing the street in her wheelchair one day. She'd devoted her life to teaching her students and she ended like that. So sad!
Wow, that’s some awful luck! 😮
@@joanbelmont5450 yes i am semi this and have a really hard time with laundry. but you do what you must.
That's absolutely horrific!
That is just a disgrace I see women with no legs and one of those wheelchairs trying to go the store it's a disgrace this system sucks
Yes, that can b any of us
I’m 72 this year. Everything she’s saying about getting help in the USA is correct.
Same with here in Canada. Work all your adult life. Pay taxes. Become a senior, with possible health problems and this government will shit on you. More so if you're disabled, seeing more and more disabled ppl living in their vehicle. While immigrants get subdaize housing.
Believe me, Britain is not much better. The world is a much less compassionate place.
Greatest country on earth until you cannot provide profits to the corporations!
The economy of us pays ridiculously to hollywood.
It's incredibly corrupt. The run around, the failed responses to emails and n in unreturned calls. The long hold waits where calls are dropped or you give up. The lack of contact names and extension numbers or detailed messages
Where exactly is this $$$$$$ going? Because it isn't reaching the people that it's supposed to be reaching
I cried watching this. 😢
That’s why my mother in law is living with us. There is no social security exists in this country when seniors and disables are struggling. There is no safety net…
Gloria thank you for putting a light on the suffering the American ppl go thru.
Yes, thanks GLOW for your help and support to these people
Yes, GLOW is our beacon of light.
its not only americans whom go true that kind off suffering....
every country in the world do have the same problem...
except republicons always vote against helping those people.
@@mikivanduyn9630no, not every country has it the same as here. Some countries they actually take care of their people instead of giving everything to the rich like here.
@@mikivanduyn9630 nope not even close as an American who was living this way and met and married a working class European this would NEVER happen in any part of Europe
Being a 69 year old woman, and being a disabled retiree at this point, I am seeing everything you said to be true. I am a Registered Nurse, and having a very hard time, finding remote work. I need remote work, because of my back issues. I am waiting to have surgery to try and improve my back, but there are no guarantees! My 401 is being used up, and I am moving out of my Condo, and am hoping to use the money I get, to buy some land with my sister, and a Modular home. I am hoping to get a remote Job, but so far nothing! It really is our Countries dirty little secret, on how we treat the elderly! Even my oldest son has abandoned me! Thank God for my youngest son. He has moved in with me, to help me with my physical needs. I support people like us!
Justice, I wish you the best! When you buy the modular home remember to stay fairly small (single wide) if you can.
There is a video done by Penny Pincher The American Nightmare. A husband and wife had the husband's small trailer. I think the story line went that they went to the bank 🙄and got talked into getting loans😰for a new vehicle and double wide trailer. They lost their home. A neighbor bought it after the foreclosure (I think that's how it went).
To all of us- don't buy big. Try to buy what you can afford without the "help" of banks. Good luck to us all!
@@rustykatt3870 Rusty, its not a manufactured home its a modular home, like a regular sticks and bricks. Its just made at another site. I'm getting at least 1500 square feet.
@@rustykatt3870 I agree. It will take me 17.5k to my modest old little townhome till next yr June to pay it off. Then HOA, insurance and taxes about 550 a month even if it is paid off. Not to mention repairs needed which I can't do myself.
I love my "Seniors" I too was taught to respect my elders, and it is so sad what AMERICA has become, because there are many working poor whom are not elderly yet, who are moving off the grid. This issue is effecting MANY not just elderly. Bless her heart!! A senior who has worked ALL their life should not have to live this way.
At thirty years old my wife walked away leaving me with two toddlers and no child support That was the end of my retirement chances. I scraped along in poverty until my oldest was in college and youngest went into USMC. Plan was to work on saving for retirement once they were out on their own, but then lost my health and had to go on disability and stay in poverty until today. I am hanging on but everything has been hard for those thirty nine years. We do not do enough for single parents and disabled no matter how much folks complain about Soc Sec. It has been a lifeline since my health broke. I worked two jobs most of my life and started working at twelve. Sometimes the best laid plans don't work out through no fault of your own. Doing the right thing for the kids was hard but they did not ask for that life either. They are there if I need them but they also have their own lives to deal with. I pray I am never a burden on them. Most civilized nations do better for their citizens instead of their billionaires.
Hello Hero : ) Glad you shared your story. Good guys rarely are discussed when single parenting stories are discussed, but there are several to be told. My son, Mark, also raised two kids at 2 & 4 years old when their mother left. The boys, my grandsons, are now 15 & 17, doing great, the oldest will graduate from high school this year. My son got help from both me & his girlfriend with raising the kids, but it still wasn't easy. He made many school lunches & dropped them off & picked them up every day before & after school (now the oldest drives to school). He's not the first great single dad out there; I witnessed a couple others while growing up, but I can say that I'm impressed & always have been with men who step up & do a great job raising their kids. Well done good & faithful servant. @---->----
Hang in there .
At least you took care of your kids. My brother has two children, now adults and he DIDN'T PAY his child support. He's been living in my parents home for almost 30 years, doesn't pay rent or bills,"claims to buy food". My mom basically has babied his ass for the whole of his life.
Was a single dad for eight years. Kids were 8 and 5 when things happened. Was very fortunate, being in the military. But you don't get rich in the service. My money went for my kids' needs first. Did various jobs after retiring from the service, we got by. Kids grown now, am married again. Retired for good eight years ago, have pension, Social Security, couple of small part-time jobs. We have enough, luckily. We need to stop spending money on illegal aliens and use that money to help people like Lindy. In our state (CA) elderly legal immigrants who never worked a day in our country can get Section 8, food stamps, home health care, and a cash stipend. Have seen it. And a native-born citizen, veteran, like Lindy gets so little. Utterly disgusting.
Your kids have a life? What about the life you had before their mother abandoned them? How quickly some forget. It’s high time your grown kids step up to the plate and take care of you! Grown kids.. You should have ZERO unmet needs.
I am in my 80's. Was living for 7 years in a small apartment above a cousins garage. It was good.. They decided to sell the house. I had no choice but bought an old van, fixed it up to live in.. Last week it broke down on the interstate . Towed 92 miles to Tallahassee and it's in the shop. This is life today for seniors. Cannot afford an apt. Too afraid to live in some subsidized place. That's the life , no relatives, no children. And I feel so bad to see moms and children living like this in a car.
Not sure where you live. But I used to be an STNA/ home health aide. I would take care of elderly people in their homes and some of them lived in subsidized housing. These apartments were clean and quiet and in the suburbs so they were not located in crime ridden areas. They were age 55 and up apartments buildings. Sometimes our fears can be scarier than reality. Please look into subsidized housing, they should have them in suburbs and good neighborhoods where you really wouldn't have any issues like crime. Also because most of the people were elderly in the building there was no crime that I knew of in the apartment building. My clients never complained.
U don’t have to live in bad areas
There’s subsidized housing in decent areas
@YeshuaKingMessiah In some cities. I'm in Atlanta and the homeless problem is horrible. Almost all remaining subsidized housing is in terrible areas full of crime. There's never any vacancies at the very FEW subsidized places that aren't in bad neighborhoods.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah For Section 8 housing one can be on the list for years. In some states they aren't even taking new applicants.
@@user-lf2lf6wy4z yes
Once ppl get on Sect8 they don’t get off it
Ever
Even when all kids age out & the move out, the mother just becomes disabled (usually “traumatized” not actual physical disability) so she stays.
Some ppl have been in sect8 buildings for decades upon decades
It’s rly sad when a single, wkg mom can’t get off the street becuz of this abuse.
I tried living the van life to adventure/travel after retiring, a few years back...I'm 69 now. Until my 2005 Mazda minivan needed work and I couldn't afford it. I did get to finally see the mighty Gulf and stick my toes in it, lol!
Eventually I ended up finding an old rv for rent for $500 plus electric. It's all I can afford in Texas at present. What I remember NOT liking about van life, is the DAILY burden to find somewhere to park my van in a safe place at night and get some needed sleep! Also, I had to find somewhere to park my van during the day in the shade in order to get out and stretch my legs and walk around. Find something to keep myself occupied throughout the day. And so I missed a more stable place to set up my sewing machine to sew and practice my Casio piano, so that ended my adventure and I'm parked here in an RV park and happy for now.
You are NOT a hoarder. You are a person who prepares.
Thank you for sharing your story.
That's right she's a prepper just like a lot of us.
Clearly she didn't prepare if she's in this situation. She should've gotten a better job decades ago, or went back to school. She could easily work from home, drive for Uber, Doordash. This is just laziness at its finest. She wanted adventure, she got it.
Yes!
@@chatty2164
I feel you're being harsh. Did anyone know ten years ago that we would be going through another depression? There are still a lot of ppl who see what's happening and they are doing the best they can. Still others are calling this event a bluff. Even mainstream media was silent about food/water shortages for a long while.
I pray for salvation for all of us and that GOD will stay HIS hand so we don't lose a lot of ppl. In JESUS NAME, AMEN.
@@chatty2164 OMG, judge much? You have no clue what her life was like before the van.
I thought I was the only person going through this. I never imagined I would be living like this. And America takes care everyone else except their people😢
it does a lot for people- senirors -especially women are treated very badly
I’ve seen very little they have done. They can do much better. They take good care of people from other countries. I’m from New York, I’ve seen a lot.
I think you got _exactly_ what you voted for.....every dem run city is a sh**hole. I'm about sick of you boomers bitchin' this much after all the decades I heard all y'all say _I'm fiscally conservative but socially lib eral_ well...this is what that type of political cognitive dissonance brings you. Maybe its time for your 70++++ year old generation to retire and get out of office?
This is the result of trickledown economics.
You should come in over the boarder..you'll get many things
I’m very sorry about your situation😢 and i hope the government will able to help you and other elderly people who suffering due to financial hardship. God bless you 🙏
Thank you for sharing. These videos are why many women are now educated and making sure theyre able to support themselves. You need your own social security and retirement assets.
13 years ago I had to buy me a cabin, it took me 3 years to pay it off and I was homeless with my children before this. We had to get a used gas stove and a wood stove. It's not easy.Yes, I'm on disability and I still have to feed me and my kids and grandchildren. I know its not easy and no one really cares. But we make it work.😊
Imagine what your kids and grandkids will grow up to be!
I've started to see the results, my 3 boys were in the Marines . Ones A police officer, one has a good paying job. The girls held very dangerous jobs and is still. My 5 grandbabies are very smart and we keep them in line. My grandma was very strict with me. And talked day and night about life. Yes I'm 😊 happy
@@bieditso2038God Bless you
Get the basic membership with Thousand Trails. You will be paying $52 per month to stay 2 weeks at any of their 150 campgrounds, then you have to leave for a week and come back for another 2 weeks. You can do this all year round. You would get access to daily showers, full-hook ups where you can plug in an electric heater, unlimited water. It is so cheap for what you get. Totally worth it
LINDY great insights. Thanks so much for sharing. I am not a van person as I have many animals so I live in an old house. But I admire your perseverance and reslience. It is not easy but I sure admire you Lindy. One fine woman. Great vid.
There's an adapter for the Mr. Heater that lets you used the larger propane tanks, you can also purchase an item to refill the small green propane tanks that those heaters use, and save money.
This is why when I managed a senior apartment community I had a social services agent come every Wednesday to get my residents on a housing voucher. My residents were over the moon because they were able to keep most of their SS income. My building owners were over the moon because those rent vouchers from social services were dependable income. And it also helped keep my vacancy down. My social services agent told me that there was a big pool of housing vouchers put aside just for seniors but if they don't use it the program will be lost. Therefore she was happy to come once a week and get as many people on it as possible.
To be honest... My biggest obstacle was pride. My residents were too prideful to get on it. That was until several of their neighbors got on it and started bragging about having money to visit their grandchildren or go out to dinner. Once the stigma was gone, they all signed up.
But that was for those already in housing. She can't even get into housing. It's messed up.
Where are you? In NJ we have NO HELP for seniors. Please let me know how I can apply to get into your building. I need to get a housing voucher but in NJ our Section 8 is closed. I am more than willing to move to another location.
@@lauravictorious4670 I know. I understood her story. It's messed up for sure.
@@renysimone3312 I no longer work there. This was in 2007. But I can tell you my contact came through the Maryland department of aging.
I'm 64 now, I see myself living in a van in the next few years. I'm training myself to be a minimalist. Selling off my precious personal belongings, learning to not want or need them.
God bless Lindy. Much respect. I hope you get the help that you need 🙏 ❤️
I'm about to turn 55 and recently widowed and I'm worried about my future.
I'm 57, hoping I can still work for few more years and not get sick
My condolences
Whilst I applaud her independence if she were my mother I would insist on her having a place to stay with me. She could use the van and travel if she wanted but I wouldn't want my mum in a van in winter!
She did say she wanted adventure too. That's what motivating her to experience van life. I also hope she will move in with her son. As we get older health issues are inevitable. You need a permanent home to take care of medical needs.
@@Colorbrush21 maybe she don't want to burden her son.
@@Pj-mj7wi what kind of son would let his mother live in a van so he wouldn't be "burdened"?!Especially in a cold climate.
She might be more independent, set in her ways, and her son might have different ways of doing things. She might not want the rules, routines, or customs in his home...to be told or have to change everything: her schedule, her routines, what she wants to watch or listen to by being in another place...
Maybe her son is struggling too
This is infuriating. While our government is sending billions of dollars to Ukraine and spending millions to help illegal immigrants, our seniors and veterans are becoming homeless and are barely surviving. This is absolutely shameful!
You think seniors and veterans have only struggled for the last couple of years? I worked with the homeless back in the 80s, and there are many complex reasons and choices that created their situations. Besides...we don't take care of them because we'd rather spend $878 billion on the military complex in the US.
@@stormyweather2807 I'm well aware they haven't been struggling for just the past couple years and I'm not sure where in my comment I said it's only been the past couple years, however I 100% agree billions of dollars are spent every year for issues that have nothing to do taking care of our citizens. Unfortunately both political parties are responsible for this. Even our own congress live in luxury while people like this poor woman are trying to survive in a van. It's just evil and shameful how our government has completely neglected them.
@@CharleneOrtizTraining Im betting Stormy thought you meant the past couple of years because you specifically mentioned Ukraine.
It is cruel and inhumane what is going on in America!!!
Well what are you doing about it besides being a UA-cam commentator warrior? Have you met with local legislators or the VA administration? This has gone on for many decades (which you claim to know) & as you seem a bit long in the tooth you’ve known it’s nothing new, so what have you done besides rant for likes? You mention Ukraine immigration but don’t mention the welfare fraud , housing fraud and more that other Americans take advantage of that taxpayers fund,,,if you’re going to b!tch about our taxpayer money don’t pick and choose where are money goes for likes
Genuine talk, God Bless you Lindy, i pray & hope beyond reason that God may have responded to youf prayers and you've since found soms kind of stable accomodation and you're feeling a little more upbeat now ❤ Big love from Lincolnshire England xxx
75 wow you are amazing. Thank you
There are so many homeless Seniors I am barely making it and I have come to realize that I can no longer afford to live in America. A country I was born in and fought for.
I know parents don't want to burden their kids, but I'm surprised that her son would let her live like that.
Sometimes it’s more complicated than him just wanting to help. She said he would help but that she was too “independent” (read stubborn). I ran across an elder lady working at a store recently at 75. She said her rents had risen again and she would probably need to ask her daughter if she could have a room in her home. Sometimes the kids have their own family or are barely making bills as it is. Unfortunately, moving a parent in may mean more electricity because they stay cold, another mouth to feed, more water, etc. Perhaps their home is large enough for their family but they’d need something larger (more $ to buy and heat) with another person needing a room. Not to say they might not want to but it may come with real costs to help an older parent. Not to mention, a change in their own family dynamic. How many elderly do you know that can keep from inserting themselves in their children’s business, how they parent, their marriage, their money…..not many. Complex issues for sure. I feel ok sharing these thoughts as my family is currently living this situation with my husband’s mom living with us. It’s hard. Worthwhile but hard.
@@heather8311984 you mostly end up with the person sleeping on the sofa, using lots of blankets to stay warm, eating very little, 2 small meals a day to help with any medication.
Bathing like a spounge bath, or quick shower, shave.
In Asia whole generations from new borns to grandparents live together, or close by.
Some, who have the space, build a small bed and bath unit in the yard, granny can sleep and have some privacy, the family are right there if anything happens. My grandmother died after a fall, if someone had been home she would of been alright.
Works in reverse as well some parents let their children become homeless to. Not like he has much of a choice if she doesn't want to ask for help from him. She stated it herself she prefers to be as independent as possible. That being said nobody of any age should be homeless.
Seems like she chose this life
@@heather8311984I hear you. The parent is always A PARENT. I’ve never known one that could be silent about the lifestyle of their children etc. my husbands Mother lived with us for some time. But she did want her independence. Poor choice, but we complied. Moved her into a senior apartment , with activities. But it never stopped there. She broke our marriage down piece by piece. Now she is deceased and we are divorced. We did not have the MATURITY to stand up to her.
Lindy’s son needs to help her.😢💕
How could any child let their parents live like this?
He offered to let her move in with him in his house. She chose to go on adventures/travel/c things etc.
She's "to independent"...
Her choice.
Lindy aww love you hope you're OK. 💝💖💗💓💕💞
So sorry. Seeing this makes me feel so sad that senior citizens who built this country are not only suffering but watching our country go down the drain.
Umm I thought the slaves built this country?
@@carolyndaniels386 Come on. REALLY? You want to go there?? Get a life. Please. Shame on YOU.
Today's seniors did not build this country. They're Boomers. Baby Boomers had the cheapest tuition, inexpensive housing, plentiful jobs, decent public schools. Problem is that credit was plentiful, interest was low, and many chose to live well beyond their means. Everything is so much harder for us younger generations to achieve what they did at similar age milestone.
Boomers drove this nation into the ground: they've been in charge. No other generation, and there is NOTHING to pass on of good will to the coming up generation: Baby Boomers nearly wiped out Generation X with their sexual revolution/Woodstock lifestyle that led to Roe vs Wade, legalizing abortion that left Generation X the smallest number of people, and now Baby Boomers are self righteous wanting to end Roe vs Wade for the Millennials; I'm against abortion, all for morning after birth control, or sterilization, but the Millennials took their model for life from the Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers put the degradation of society in place and it's been followed ever since.
@@uncletom3976 Chinese do help too. 1 example: Transcontinental Railroad.
This country should be ashamed of itself for treating seniors like this!!! Politicians are greedy and disgusting for letting this happen. Americans will ALL be old one day, God willing! What do they plan to do...let us all starve to death? Repugnant people in power!
and yet, you keep voting for them and why?
because they promised you a share of the loot and you want it !!
@@MichielVanKets People keep watching fake media news.We were doing better with Trump.
Yeah people should acknowledge that they'll be old one day...therefore they should PREPARE. Too many spend every cent they ever earned.
@@MichielVanKets um...voting for who??
@@patdonnelly9392 dems.
Love your interviews,Carol!
Thanks for giving us a perspective on van life ❤❤❤
I could totally see this becoming my only option. As I get older, it's frightening to have no husband, a fixed income and watch rents skyrocket. So are groceries going up..every day, it seems. Sad, but, there's zero respect for us elders these days. 😪 💔
Never had been. America worships young people. And rich people.
If you can swing it, maybe you should think about purchasing a small like a lot. I don't know what zoning laws are like in your area but maybe just some like an acre or two and putting a tiny home on it. It's a thought.
It doesn’t matter husband or no husband. By that age many women will be widows so you just have to know how to survive on your own
zero respect="they wont give me free money!"
@@buk6708you sound like a miserable person with a miserable outlook and life. Sad.
I am 53 and feel for anyone homeless who is living day to day and struggling. I fear that I may someday end up living out of a vehicle or using all my camping gear and tent, being I live paycheck to paycheck. My mortgage is huge, and with utilities and car payments and the rising cost of EVERYTHING. You are right the system is not set up to help anyone.
Hello Kimberly. Honestly hope you don't buy if unfortunately you do need to live in a vehicle. First thing you want to do is insulate the windows. You lose a lot of heat, bring in a lot! Of cold same with summer as outside sun will roast you. So buy reflective. Silver colored insulu. You can cut to perfect window size. Available at lowes and other bb stores it's also good to put down on the floor or along doors if you're living in a car. Is ok for van to . Also if you're living in a bmvan and are in a cooler , northern climate put 1/2- 1 inch plywood on the floors. Carpet on top of you want as it'll keep you more comfortable. If in van remember to cover the back and side doors. Can be done with hardboard insulation. As can roof and side walls. In all insulating a van can be done for about $300/$500. Be. Very careful if you use propane stove for heat. Roll down one window 3 inches. No less . Propane makes moisture so prepare for possible black mold and rust.
If you can find a way to downsize, I would. You have no idea what could happen and while you want to think positive from of your mind creates a reality and of course you can do very well, if you're already barely getting by, you don't want to be in a position to have something not good happen and then you are not able to care for yourself.
90% of all homeless people are men. Still feel sad?
get rid of your huge mortgage
As far as a tent then hope yur on someone's ' gated ' locked property,
This channel is so real for showing this, too. The housing crisis in florida is the second biggest in the nation, but 1/3 of florida's homeless are actually "invisible" because they live in their cars.
0:10 already starting the video out amazing! Respect your elders, treat people with kindness, fairness and respect, move with love not hate, and go with god not the devil 🙏🏽
Edit: I’m goin back to van life too, or shall I say kinda *forced,* rent and utilities combined is $2k a month! And that’s the cheapest I can get in my area alone! Even if I went to a roommate situation, the cheapest I can get is $1k with just the rent, that’s absolutely ridiculous to me. I gotta use housing programs in order to pay the rent, and after they run out I’m back to the road! I’m glad I’m younger, only 22, and have done van life before. I’ve been through all types of homelessness and housing programs since the age of 16, so this is nothing new. But I know this country is heading to a dark place too because it’s just so so greedy, it’s pushing people of all ages, all former classes, all races, to van life!
At least she has a roof over her head, a bed, kitchen, private space, etc. Makes a huge difference from living on the streets.
A vehicle is the last form of refuge from the streets. But it has to be legal for the police are looking. And to keep it legal always takes money.
This is despicable....my mum was priced out of her apartment and is now living with me in my one bedroom suite. We are in Canada where there is a social safety net yet she has been on a list for low income senior housing for 2 years with no end in sight. It's a heartless situation in our so called 'best countries in the world'...nothing but greed and corruption with developers making development after development of condos that many people could never afford regardless of age. It's not that there is no housing, it's that there is no affordable housing, while our politicians fill their fat faces at the public trough
So your mom wants a free or heavily subsidized place to live? SOMEONE has to pay for that. You know that don't you?
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 hey scott mac & cheese is it? Best not to oversimplify your response to comments...I didn't say free or heavily subsidized housing, and that SOMEONE paying for these social services is a taxpayer like me and my mother who has worked and paid in to the system over a liftetime. We the public create the funds for things like social housing, you know that don't you?
@@lulabloom4636 So your mom worked? Good, she gets Social security and Medicare now.
I hope she prepared more than that though.
yep, same here
@@maryroberts6311 sorry to hear that
Good day to you!
I am a grandpa rider on HONDA motorcycle from Japan.
Enjoying camping ,touring and upload video.
Your Senior life video is so nice!
Awesome!
Full supported !
Have a nice day my friend!
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It's a damn shame our elderly lives like this after they have worked their whole life. Our government should be ashamed of themselves.
did you vote for our fake president who let in over 5.5 million illegals,
@@marilynwillett804 Not that it is your business, but absolutely not!! I voted for the Man who really won but it was taken from him!
@@aura8885 Me too, Aura. Bet you there are many who wish he was still in the whitehouse since the USA has gone to hell in a hand basket the last two years!🇺🇸
Democrats in congress make millions screwing our seniors, never Vote for a Liberal, they say one thing and screw you over, look at Blacks , Democrats have never helped them. We need Trump again, he cares
@@aura8885 Trump would not have helped these folks. Republicans always gut social programs because they’re “handouts” and they all send money to other countries for foreign aid.
This is me in a year or two. I've been mentally preparing myself, the closer it gets the more dreadful it is. No family to run to. Lots of acquaintances but no close or real friends to reach out to. I've been trying to figure out where is the best, "safest" to live the van life and where it's warm(er) with no snow. I cannot not handle snow and too cold with my heart condition and asthma. It's a scary situation. Kudos and blessing to all the seniors out there living this rough life.
What did you do in your younger years? That’s when you were supposed to be preparing and saving for your later years.
@Joan Belmont life happens, usually medical crisis. When we have worked all of our life putting into social security. Divorce death of spouse, child gets sick, stock market crash, etc.
You have to also understand when we started out minimum wage was like 1.25 per hour. Look into the great depression what happened there. One million even 25 years ago was enough to retire on and live comfortably with investments and pensions. Not so anymore, one bad ailment, car accident hospital stay can take all of that away. we are living in a time where corporations run everything and inflation is out of control. There used to be laws and regulations in place where that couldn't happen, they slowly took those away and now, in order to make it, you cannot live alone, work your way through college etc without going into deep debt. Lots of reasons, but please look at history and realistically see the timeline of decay.
@@joanbelmont5450 What a cold, cold heart you have.
@@exaudi33 She has a realistic heart. You plan for retirement day 1 of your first job.
San Diego might be good, and there are food and veggie programs and great senior centers, libraries...
Excellent subject for your video. I pray to God with all the million+ views that you received that you're sharing your wealth with those that you interviewed from the UA-cam monetization you receive.
I don't make as much as you might think, especially after expenses, and certainly not enough to classify as "wealth". However, my goal is to leave those who I encounter in difficult circumstances who I can help better off than I found them, whether I interview them or not. Sometimes this is thru monetary means, sometimes assisting them to find housing or filling other needs. Sometimes the best assistance is helping them be better equipped to help themselves. Regardless, I know what I have done and am satisfied with my efforts. That is all that matters to me.
God bless you Lindy
America has become shameful in how they treat the 1. elderly, 2. veterans 3. homeless 4. how much they give to other countries and 5. how lavishly the "politicians" so freely give themselves our hard-earned tax dollars.
Don't you love it when they vote themselves a raise? Pathetic. I feel for Ukraine but we're not even on the same continent! Where's the rest of Europe in all this?
@Martha- Become?? It's been this way for decades.
Wait a minute here. I’m in California. I took a family friend, a VETERAN, into my home. We made a contract that I would be his paid caregiver. I enrolled him in the VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. GOT HIS DENTURES, glasses, cataract surgeries, hip surgeries , foot care, ( the best) and on and on, all the way to HOSPICE. THE VA SPENT ON HIM OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS, over the 7 years I housed him. And that’s not including, the many years before I housed him. It’s not perfect, but they DO ALL THEY CAN FOR OUR VETERANS AND SOME ABUSE THE SYSTEM. SELL THEIR RX, abuse their own health,,,,,
We could take one weapon of mass destruction and house many of the unhoused. Three fourths of all money confiscated from taxpayers is used to build the military machine. That's a problem. We need to divert military funding to infrastructure which includes housing the houseless.
That's a fact
This is so true ,. I'm 71 and am realizing how hard it is for seniors to make it now.
Go to a shelter
You have a very good channel thank you for sharing these stories!
God Bless all adult children who are taking care of their older parents. This is wonderful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I am 74 years old and live with my single daughter and her two boys 5 & 8 years. We help one another. One son pays for my phone and the other gives me $100 each month.
That is lovely.that you and your daughter can support each other and.your sons help out as.well..
Nice son and daughter
Amazing boys 5 and 8 yrs old can provide phone and cash for you each month!!!
You are so blessed, im 64, my 2 kids give me money every month, and i save most of it for emergencies. I only buy what I need
Thanks for shining a light on the struggle for seniors. It's heartbreaking. And no relief in sight. Social security, like minimum wage, has fallen way behind. Cola will never catch it up.
What to do?
I still miss my parents desperately. It doesn't matter how old we are, we feel orphaned.
I know the feeling!!
Communities should build "park & stay" lots where people have a safe, free place to park. Keep them small (maybe hold 25 cars), and have a rest stop type bathroom for the guests to use. There would have to be limits but It would cost so little to build yet be a huge relief for the individual.
There are Good poor people, and Bad poor people. The ones who would trash it ruin it for everyone. But I wonder why? Cameras, enforcement... it's not impossible to weed out the bad apples. And it is so cost-effective compared to building "affordable" housing, or even the cost to clear homeless encampments!
Fifty years ago, if you would have suggested this, NO ONE would believe that this would become "normalized". NOTHING is 'normal' anymore.
there is so much land available that it would be pretty easy to just concrete a large patch and turn it into a parking area. also if water is nearby you could easily set up some type of restroom area. but your big expense is gonna come from security or checking whos actually there because some people will forsure mess it up. look up places like slab city, its a great idea on paper but in practice it becomes even more dangerous especially if you are older or sickly.
People freak out over park and stay. We’re all criminals and addicts and child predators so they don’t want anything like this in their neighborhood. On the flip side… if there were a nice place, the government would have their hands on it
There are BLM Lands
I can relate to you Lindy. I'm from Austin Tx and a 65yr vet disabled and can no longer get SSDI surving on $911 and that's at the new 8.7 increase for 2023 plus $23 for food stamps and live in a 98' Dodge van. It's all a Scam by the higher-ups and to keep us in poverty. I have no family to speak off, but I'm doing the best I can and my Lord Jesus has given me the strength to go on. Tough Times Don't last, Tough People in Christ do!😇🙏🇺🇲👍.
On that amount you couldn't afford rent you might could rent a room in someone else's home. I live on SSDI but receive more than that I get mine it's not much, but I draw off my deceased husband to so I'm not eligible for no help.
God bless you Donald. One day soon, these struggles will be behind us.💕
@@dragonfly9209 Yes and those who Trust in our Lord Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father will always prevail. Tough times Don't last, Tough People in Christ do! Peace Love and Unity to All Mankind!🥰🙏🇺🇲👍
Scary.
God bless you sir. ❤
God bless you ma'am!
This breaks my heart that our federal government refuses to take care of its own people.
BUT WILL TAKE CARE OF OTHERS WITH OUR TAX MONEY!!!! BACKWARDNESS!!!
Their State should also be doing something for these people.
@@carolecarlson1645
Unfortunately if you are American, that will never happen. The government is doing its best to eliminate its seniors. On the other hand, it is allowing all other ethnicities to come on in and take full advantage of our medical, educational, housing and welfare systems.
Its a crying shame.
Sorry all money right now goes over seas to you know where…. The guy playing a piano with his you know what
Nope can’t help seniors
Thank god for vans
We have to be careful who we vote on their seat in the government. This is what happened when the wrong people aren't the right one and we see this with our own eyes the corruption going on now we have fight the evil from within to clean out for the good to overcome especially for our children children. The evil is working so hard to take control of our lives that we have no saying anymore then the old people are dumped like trash. Their kids can't afford to take care of them or a home care for them then it goes on and on. They only see MONEY more MONEY to spend on the desire of their heart not the good of the people.
Love this lady's attitude. In the face of adversity, she is still positive, resilient and independent. She's is inspiring
How is being a failure in life "inspiring"?
This is very sad. God bless them with miracles and your love.
I've never experienced van life, but find it really interesting. That being said, an elderly woman should not have to live in van, because she can't afford to live anywhere else. It's just shameful.
God bless this woman. She’s making the best of her situation with very little complaints. Her outlook is amazing.
It's nice that you feel this way, yet she is still struggling. Stop idolizing hardship and help solve the problem.
@@KS0102 What are you and that mouth of yours doing to help her?
Community support is a critical element for the working poor and other underserved populations. She has learned how to stretch her dollar and also where to fine supplemental resources from food bank and churches. Smart lady.
I am so sorry if this sounds weird but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and I like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends
@ 75 yrs old - I am happy to hear that she is still employable.
Seems out there, there is age-ism, but she is sure cognitive - so I wouldn’t think mentally she is 75.
Lots of strength and her nails look great!
Seniors cannot survive on the pennies that social security gives them. I am fortunate enough to have a house and I was able to move my parents in with me. Not everyone has family or has space. It's infuriating and sad.
The taxpayers simply cannot be expected to pay more taxes . Just because somebody needs more money doesn’t give anybody the right to have the government forcibly take it from others. We might start with stopping all foreign aid instead of raping paychecks for more money. Those billions going to Ukraine should be given to our own people.
You have to save money during the good times in life. You can't just blow every penny and then complain the government doesn't help enough.
That's not always true. I get a decent S.S. check and do pretty well. I have enough to pay my bills, travel some and even save some. .y home is paid for which helps but even if it wasn't I would still do well.
@@rons5319 Finally! someone with a brain! and I am not underestimating Livy and her situation., but when you scroll through some of the folks on these platforms complaining the government should do more because they (Chose) to have 7 children and they don't get enough Christmas toys!! really! when I got married , we promised ourselves to give the best that we could physically, emotionally, and feasible to our children, and in order to do this it was just a matter of common sense! so we only had 2 children. If we cannot determine our own expectations and limitations, what else can I say. We are doomed.
If you can get out of debt and pay off your home beforehand you can live on it. I'm disabled and I do.