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According to a new AARP Tech Trends report, tech use by people 50+ skyrocketed during the pandemic and those new habits and behaviors appear here to stay. What’s more, most of those surveyed (70%) purchased tech last year, with spending far greater today than it was in 2019: $821 now versus in $394 then. Smartphones, and related accessories, along with Bluetooth headsets, topped the list of purchases, but smart home technology was vital to them, too. Unsurprisingly but importantly, technology use has facilitated social connectedness throughout the pandemic. The rates of reliance on tech for social connection is consistently high across age ranges: 76% of those in their 50s, 79% of those in their 60s, and 72% of people 70+ all count tech as their link to their families and the wider world.

New research reveals top scams facing Michigan’s military community and ways to fight back

Lansing, Michigan – Cathleen Simlar, a results-driven communications strategist with more than three decades of experience, has been named AARP Michigan’s new communications manager, according to state director Paula D. Cunningham.

AARP Michigan has launched a pilot project supporting community partners and faith-based organizations to connect Detroiters age 50+ with the federal Emergency Broadband Benefit.

“Michiganders age 65 and older, with pre-existing conditions, or in a nursing home setting should get the COVID-19 booster,” according to infectious disease expert Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, who spoke with participants during an AARP Michigan telephone town hall today.

LANSING, MI – COVID-19 continued to take a deadly toll on nursing home residents and staff in Michigan in the four weeks ending September 19, according to the latest data from AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard.

Of the more than 672,000 veterans in Michigan, only 24% have used their benefits at VA health care, according to U.S. Census Bureau.

AARP supports increased spending for home and community based services (HCBS), dementia awareness, telemedicine parity and a wage increase for direct care workers. The organization has strongly supported these advances, and in some cases, for several years.