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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.
The destructive Los Angeles-area fires are out, but the rebuilding process will be long.
AARP educates younger generations about long-term care needs as one in four Californians is expected to be over age 60 by 2030.
As road dangers increase, AARP helps older Oregonians protect themselves.
A new bill could make it harder for employers to discriminate against older Oregonians.
Nevada voters will head to the polls in November. Candidates Sen. Jacky Rosen (D) and Sam Brown (R) discuss issues important to 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.
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