Half-million low-income elderly affected by sweeping cuts to state safety net

Friday, October 2, 2009 - 00:21 in Health & Medicine

An 81-year-old San Francisco woman with dementia, little money and an equally aged caregiver sister who is suffering from cancer. A 72-year-old Riverside woman with Alzheimer's who cannot be left safely on her own, forcing her son to cut back his working hours to care for her.

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