Carol Brooks Ball

The Chrysalis Center Conference and Training Center in Hartford is looking for a volunteer for occasional event support.

At AARP Connecticut, our focus remains on helping state residents age 50+ be the very best they can be! Through our legislative advocacy, we focus on critical issues such as Social Security, financial security (retirement), protection against utility rate increases, and caregiving services and supports. In the community, we offer a variety of programs and events that help people age 50+ discover the real possibilities available to them. Some of these programs include:

This information provided by the Connecticut Better Business Bureau (BBB), is being shared with AARP members, family, and friends, by AARP Connecticut and the Fraud Watch Network:

In celebration of NYC Broadway Week, which runs from Jan. 19, 2016 through Feb. 5, 2016, AARP Connecticut members have an opportunity to purchase tickets to a Broadway show in an exclusive presale offer!

Across Connecticut, more than 500,000 state residents perform a great labor of love, caring for older parents, spouses and other loved ones so they can stay at home—where the loved ones want to be—and out of costly institutions. It’s a labor of love, to be sure, and often more than a full-time job. The value of this unpaid care in Connecticut is estimated at $5.9 billion annually.

Concerned about the growing number of scams, reports of ID (identity) theft, and other fraudulent activity, both online and over the phone?

Designed with Baby-Boomers in mind, the AARP Life Reimagined program is about a renewed sense of purpose, the confidence to pursue a passion or take a new direction. It’s a new way of thinking about what's next in your life through a powerful step-by-step approach to help you discover possibilities, prepare for change, and make your ideas real. Come to one of two Life Reimagined Checkup sessions, both held at the Watertown Library, and engage in reflection activities and guided conversation.

How can Boston become a more age-friendly city? If you’re a Boston resident, we’re sure you have some thoughtful answers to this query and perhaps some ideas of your own. In fact, AARP—along with the office of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the UMass Boston Gerontology Institute—would like to invite you to share those thoughts and ideas with us!

November marked National Family Caregivers Month, a time when the 40 million Americans — more than 844,000 from Massachusetts — who help older parents, spouses, and other loved ones live independently at home, were recognized for their contributions. The unpaid care they provide —managing medications, cooking meals, driving to appointments, performing complex medical tasks and more — is valued at about $11.6 billion in Massachusetts alone.

Medicare fraud costs American taxpayers $60-90 billion annually.