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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.
Beginning in early April, the federal government will begin offering financial assistance to help with funeral costs for people who have died of COVID-19.
Enjoy the recipes featured during AARP Michigan's Home for the Holidays event!
AARP Michigan would like to recognize the front line worker or caregiver that’s made a difference in your life in 2020. Join us in saying “thank you” to a caregiver or front line worker that you identify.
Know where your candidates stand on the issues important to you and your family with AARP Michigan's 2020 Video Voter Guide series.
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