AARP Volunteers From Every State Visit Capitol Hill To Urge Separate Social Security Debate, Press For Responsible Solutions To Strengthen Medicare

AARP Volunteers From Every State Visit Capitol Hill To Urge Separate Social Security Debate, Press For Responsible Solutions To Strengthen Medicare

Posted on 06/12/2013 by | AARP Mississippi | Comments

About AARP | Advocacy | Mississippi | Volunteering AARP volunteers and staff from every state, visited Capitol Hill today to express opposition to the President’s proposed Social Security benefit cut known as Chained CPI and to support responsible solutions to strengthen Medicare.  Meeting with Senators, Members of Congress and their staff, AARP volunteers urged their representatives to have a separate debate on Social Security and to back specific proposals that would strengthen Medicare and the health care system overall. “We’ve heard from 6.5 million people who want Washington …

AARP Supports Legislation to Crack Down on Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid

Posted on 06/11/2013 by | AARP Mississippi | Comments

About AARP | Health & Wellbeing WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, AARP sent the following letter in support of the newly proposed Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare Expenditures (PRIME) Act (H.R. 2305/S. 1123), legislation that seeks to curb fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. June 10, 2013 Dear Senators Carper and Coburn/Dear Representatives Roskam and Carney: AARP is pleased to endorse the Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare Expenditures Act (otherwise known as the PRIME Act) which you are introducing today. This bipartisan legislation …

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HomeFit Workshops Offer Tips to Keep Homes Safe for Aging Occupants

Posted on 06/1/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Health & Wellbeing | Home & Family | Mississippi AARP will offer free HomeFit workshops to show people how to modify homes to accommodate changing needs as they age. Attendees receive information such as eliminating fall hazards by installing handrails on both sides of stairways, installing easy-use rocker light switches and replacing doorknobs and faucets with lever-style hardware. About 70 percent of Mississippi residents own their homes. An AARP survey found that eight in 10 people age 45 and older want to remain in their homes as long as …

Mississippi Andrus Award Nominations Open Until June 1

Posted on 05/29/2013 by | AARP Mississippi | Comments

Mississippi | Press | Volunteering There’s still time to nominate an outstanding volunteer for the 2013 Mississippi Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors age 50+ Mississippians who are sharing their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.  “AARP Mississippi is excited to shine a light on 50+ Mississippians who are using what they’ve learned in life to make a difference in the lives around them,” said AARP Mississippi State President Bruce W. Brice, Sr. Nominations will be evaluated by …

Should You Tell Your Boss You’re Caring for an Aging Parent?

Should You Tell Your Boss You’re Caring for an Aging Parent?

Posted on 05/1/2013 by | AARP National | Comments

Health & Wellbeing | Home & Family | Mississippi By Susan Lutz, Project Advisor for AARP’s Education and Outreach Health Team It’s happened before: A long-time employee is denied leave when her boss asserts that it is not a daughter’s responsibility to care for her ailing mother as long as her father is still alive. Could this happen to you? As our population and labor force ages, caring for an older relative will become as common as taking care of children. With the majority of older people relying on …

Help Stamp Out Hunger

Help Stamp Out Hunger

Posted on 05/1/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Health & Wellbeing | Home & Family | Mississippi Stamp out hunger AARP state offices in Arkansas and Mississippi are working with the U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers in the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign. The two states face the worst hunger in the nation, with nearly 1 in 5 households struggling to put food on the table. On Saturday, May 11, letter carriers nationwide will collect nonperishable food donations from postal customers while delivering the mail, and donations will be delivered to local …

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