After more than 18 months of work, which included story collection, stakeholder meetings, legislative testimony, lobbying, and so much more, Arizona will finally have improved standards in Assisted Living Facilities.
AARP Foundation Experience Corps pairs adults 50 and older with young students to help improve their literacy skills. It's a program that benefits both adults and kids — both the volunteers and those they are helping.
Sharon Hettick undertook a nearly decade-long journey of advocacy to improve public transportation for older adults, veterans and residents with disabilities in Arizona’s Northwest Valley.
With a new governor, attorney general, secretary of state and legislators in office in January, AARP Arizona will work on several issues in 2023, including long-term care, housing, transportation, retirement savings and drug prices.
Miss face-to-face meetings? Coach SheriAnne Little’s Back to Basics nutrition and wellness program is beginning in-person sessions, though the free classes will continue to be available online.
Researchers in Arizona are exploring a new strategy for Alzheimer's disease: taking an existing technology known as deep brain stimulation and seeing if it can slow progression of the disease.