More than 16,000 homes, commercial properties and other structures were destroyed in the Los Angeles area during January wildfires. In the months that followed, AARP and other organizations have scrambled to help older residents.
Fraud against older adults has skyrocketed in recent years. In San Diego County alone, elder fraud resulted in roughly $97 million in losses in 2023, according to the FBI. The Elder Justice Task Force increases its efforts to fight back.
A recent AARP Oregon survey of voters aged 40-plus found 55 percent have seen or experienced age discrimination at work; of those respondents, 88 percent think it’s common. Such findings are motivating AARP Oregon to push legislation to strengthen the state’s workplace age discrimination law.
For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institution.
AARP California's Let’s Take it Outside program offers free virtual and in-person events to help participants learn about and explore outdoor public spaces in their communities.