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The Overwhelming Majority of Older Utahns Worry about Financial and Consumer-Protection Issues
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(OPEN):
45-PERCENT OF UTAHNS WHO ARE 50 OR OLDER SAY THAT ISSUES RELATING TO
HEALTH-CARE REPRESENT THE TOP-PROBLEM OR -CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACE.
AND, 36-PERCENT SAY THAT ECONOMIC-ISSUES--SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT, AND
HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO RETIRE--ARE THEIR TOP-CHALLENGE. THAT'S
ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY FROM A-A-R-P. LAURA
POLACHECK [AS IN "POLITICS" OR "POLYMER"] IS A-A-R-P
UTAH'S DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS...
(POLACHECK):
"A FULL
62-PERCENT OF THE 400 RESPONDENTS IN OUR SURVEY SAY THAT HAVING HOME-
AND COMMUNITY-BASED-SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY IS EITHER
'VERY' OR 'EXTREMELY' IMPORTANT TO THEM. ALSO, NEARLY 80-PERCENT
WORRY ABOUT FINANCIAL-ISSUES--WITH PUBLIC-ASSISTANCE BENEFITS,
FINANCIAL-PLANNING, AND MAINTAINING THEIR FINANCES AND LIFESTYLE IN
RETIREMENT AMONG THEIR TOP-CONCERNS. IN ADDITION, OVER 80-PERCENT
WORRY ABOUT CONSUMER-PROTECTION ISSUES--WITH ABOUT SIX IN 10 EXPRESSING
CONCERN ABOUT PROTECTING THEMSELVES AGAINST BOTH CONSUMER-FRAUD AND
DECEPTIVE BUSINESS-PRACTICES."
(CLOSE):
THE UTAH-SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN JANUARY--AS PART OF A NATIONAL
A-A-R-P-INITIATIVE CALLED "VOICES OF 50-PLUS AMERICA: DREAMS AND
CHALLENGES". FOR MORE RESULTS AND INFORMATION, VISIT
"A-A-R-P"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"U-T".
