By Dan Conti and Chuck Mraz
Kentucky – Kentucky's senior citizens have likely had a harder time of it during the recession than their peers in other states. That's the view of Kentucky AARP president James Kimbrough. He cites as one reason, grandparents in Kentucky are looking after younger family members.
"We have a larger than national average percentage of grandparents who care for grandchildren. Either in a formal legal custodianship of grandchildren, or informally, they have taken a larger role than they had before."
Kimbrough says "the ripple" has probably caused many Kentucky seniors to cut their own expenses to make do. He says, there have yet to be any big cuts to programs that aid seniors in Kentucky.