Denise Bottcher

According to AARP surveys, nearly 90 percent of older adults want to remain in their own homes and neighborhoods as they age. But their homes may be their biggest barrier.

AARP Louisiana is making a difference where you live with two locations to serve you.

Ochsner Health System, based in New Orleans, is being honored by AARP and the Society for Human Resource Management as one of the 2013 Best Employers for Workers Over 50.

State Director Nancy McPherson and volunteer State President Brenda Hatfield along with AARP volunteers and staff from every other state in the nation visited Capitol Hill today. They are expressing their opposition to the President’s proposed Social Security benefit cut known as Chained CPI and to support responsible solutions to strengthen Medicare for Louisianans.

On Saturday, May 11th you have the opportunity to participate with thousands of AARP members to help "Stamp Out Hunger."

AARP’s Livable Communities Council, the Center for Planning Excellence and the Lt. Governor’s Office are seeking nominations for the 2013 Great Places in Louisiana awards program.

AARP Louisiana is calling for nominations for the 2013 Andrus Award for Community Service -- the most prestigious and visible volunteer award.

Louisiana AARP, teaming up with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will host an “encore entrepreneur” event in New Orleans on April 29, 2013. The event will be held at the AARP Community Resource Center, 3502 South Carrollton, at 5:30 p.m. Participants will learn how to start their own business, how to develop a business strategy, franchising business structures and identifying financial resources.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced that the Louisiana Action Coalition is one of only 20 states to be part of a new $3 million initiative, the Future of Nursing State Implementation Program. The program is designed to help states prepare the nursing profession to address our nation’s most pressing health care challenges—access, quality, and cost.

Today AARP Louisiana released new survey results that show 66 percent of older Louisiana voters would be considerably less favorable to their member of Congress or Senator if the member voted for a chained or superlative CPI proposal, expected to be in the President’s budget proposal this week. The survey shows that 87 percent of Louisiana voters age 50+ also oppose the highly unpopular idea of reducing Social Security benefits to reduce the deficit. AARP also released a national survey that could indicate how a vote for benefit cuts could impact House and Senate races across the nation.