AARP Arkansas shares some helpful resources from AARP as well as community partners in our state. Items range from elder fraud to broadband. Learn more in this post.
Kick off our 2025 Listening Sessions in Wrightsville (and surrounding cities) and Elaine. Community members are encouraged to share thoughts on transportation, housing, and more.
Accordin g to the National Institute on Retirement Security, Americans in nearly every state, including Arkansas, will fall short in meeting their economic needs in retirement.
It's important for people of all ages to have a plan of action in case of an emergency. But for older Arkansans, there can be different factors to keep in mind when responding to an emergency. Here are some tips to make sure you are ready.
Arkansas is aging, with residents 60 and older expected to comprise 26 percent of the state population by 2030, up from 21 percent in 2012. Many residents, however, are not financially prepared for retirement.
AARP encourages Medicare beneficiaries to read their annual Notice of Change and to review their health and prescription drug plan options for 2017 during Medicare Open Enrollment, which ends Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. Given the trend in high prescription medication prices, consumers are advised to pay close attention to their Medicare Part D drug plan options to help save money.
If you can spot a scam, you can stop a scam. If you enjoy speaking in public, you can help raise awareness about how AARP's Fraud Watch Network serves as a FREE scam-spotting, scam-stopping resource.
Every day, nearly half a million Arkansans perform a great labor of love by helping their parents and spouses remain at home. These unpaid family caregivers help their loved ones with medications, meals, bathing and dressing, chores and even complex medical tasks.
HOT SPRINGS— Virgie Phillips of Helena-West Helena is the 2016 recipient of the Andrus State Award for Community Service, AARP’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award.
AARP shares useful information in a variety of ways—not only through its publications and website, but through a team of trained volunteers who stand ready to speak to community groups on topics such as fraud, caregiving and Social Security.
AARP Arkansas proudly sponsors “Election 2016: AETN Debates," taped and telecast Monday, Oct. 10 through Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, featuring candidates for our state's U.S. Senate and four U.S. House of Representatives seats.