<prompt> Human: Title says it all. Please excuse the absence of a backstory. This was brought to my attention recently and it pains me to think my dad will continue working into old age without ever reaching retirement.Lets assume he makes 10-20k after taxes a year usually on the lower end. Ignore rent, utilities, food costs. Has maybe 5k in savings. What should he do? Or where can he start??  <response>: Id start by finding out where he stands of social security benefits: Then one would need to know some backstory. Where does he live? Why does he make so little? What did he make in the past related to the SS question? What can he make going forward? You can look into subsidized senior housing where he lives. He will probably also qualify for food stamps and Medicaid. But all in all, entering retirement with no assets is difficult and stressful. If theres flexibility in where he retires in terms of citystate, you would want to compare the available benefits.The other common approach is for children to let their retired parents live with them. This would interfere with food stamps since theyre based on household, but I think Medicaid would still be available. So if housing costs can be reducedeliminated, Medicaid takes care of health care, and he gets a modicum of social security, hed be okay. 