Originally Posted by Dire Wolf

Social security programs are also
for economically dependent. They will be dependent on state like they will get some monthly stipend or facilities.

But you summed it up in your last words. Your focus is on the present status of elderly while mine is on the causes and solution. I do not know for sure which one is right but it is just that if I had been present in that paper I would have attempted like this with my current level of understanding.