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JAN 19, 2026
As temperatures drop in many states, criminals are turning up the heat on their deceptive tactics. While utility scams happen year-round, scammers are especially active when customers rely on these essential services to stay warm and safe.
House Bill 646 would establish minimum hourly staffing standards for facilities
AARP Virginia today released the following statement from State Advocacy Director Natalie Snider after Senate Bill 376 was referred to the Senate Commerce & Labor committee for consideration.
Virginia’s General Assembly is in session, and AARP Virginia is urging lawmakers to protect vulnerable people and their families by addressing long-standing and well-known problems in the nursing home industry.
Insight Memory Care Center’s continuum of care, support and education programs serve individuals with Alzheimer's and other memory impairments, along with their family and caregivers, and are open to anyone in northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
With many aging Americans spending more time in isolation, AARP Virginia is helping locals through the Staying Sharp program.
COVID-19 exposed the chronic, ongoing issues in Virginia’s nursing homes
and has emphasized the urgent need for reform.
On Nov. 9, 1989, the East German government announced a new travel order allowing limited immigration to the West. In response, crowds of East Germans climbed the Berlin Wall to escape to the West. This led to the unification of Germany on March 18, 1990 and marked the end of the Iron Curtain of the Soviet era.
Despite a long history of poverty in Appalachia, governmental and non-profit agencies are working to make housing in the region more affordable and accessible, particularly for older residents.
The six coffin-sized rectangles, painted blue on a McDonald’s parking lot in west Fairfax County, get a few curious glances from busy families these days. This is the spot where some of the first soldiers killed in the Civil War were buried 160 years ago.
Mattie Lawrence Johnson's wide-ranging efforts to help others earned her AARP Virginia’s 2021 Andrus Award for Community Service.
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