AARP Virginia

A new AARP survey, released in conjunction with Social Security’s 85th anniversary, confirms that Americans highly value Social Security, and even more so due to the pandemic.

Are you interested in living a healthy and happy lifestyle as you age? If so, you may want to sign up for the 2020 “virtual” Art of Healthy Aging Summer Series. Hosted by the Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, this three-part event intends to bring you various resources related to health, safety, security, nutrition, and joyful living. You’ll be able to attend on the following dates: Wednesday, August 19; Wednesday, September 9; and Wednesday, September 30. On each date, you can join by simply going to www.ssseva.org and clicking on the homepage link for SUMMER SERIES. If you are unable to join during those dates, you can check your city’s public access television station for program availability after the original air dates.

For Lori Pastro, Aunt Maria was more like a second mother than some distant relative. That’s why her death from COVID-19 in late May, in the same nursing home where Pastro’s mother had died of pneumonia only four months earlier, hit so hard.

Has anyone in a VA contracted nursing facility or in the state’s Veterans’ Homes tested positive for COVID-19?

RICHMOND, VA – The Center for Voter Information recently mailed absentee ballot applications to Virginia residents. The Virginia Department of Elections has no affiliation with this group nor coordinates with any third party groups on campaign efforts. We are aware that voters in multiple localities that received an absentee ballot application were given pre-paid return envelopes addressed to the incorrect registrar’s office. The Virginia Department of Elections encourages all voters that would like to receive an absentee ballot for the November election to apply electronically on our website www.elections.virginia.gov/voterinformation. Any applications that arrive in the wrong locality's office will be forwarded immediately to the correct office for processing. If you have already applied for an absentee ballot, you do not need to submit a new application. The first day that absentee ballots will be mailed is September 18, 2020. Other inquiries regarding this mailing can be directed to the Center for Voter Information.

On Friday, August 14th, 2020, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid, in collaboration with the Southwest Virginia Elder Justice Task Force, will present an elder abuse webinar. COLLATERAL DAMAGE: Elder Abuse and the Opioid Epidemic in Rural Virginia will feature three training sessions that will include a variety of speakers, and will focus on the following topics:

RICHMOND _ AARP Virginia has invited Dr. Daniel Gade and U.S. Senator Mark Warner to face off on Tuesday, October 13 at The People’s Debate, which will be offered to television stations statewide as well as live-streamed.

The death toll is horrific: One in three COVID-19 deaths is a nursing home resident or care provider.

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As COVID-19 restrictions ease in Virginia, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are preparing to resume in-person visits for families. Visits won’t be the same as before the pandemic, at least until the threat of coronavirus has passed. There may be limits on when, where and for how long you can see loved ones, and distancing rules will likely be in place.