Since 2010, the owners of Cabot Creamery Cooperative have presented the Cabot Community Celebrity Award program to honor the achievements and contributions of volunteers from every part of our great nation. The program continues in 2015 with an Eastern Caribbean Cruise that honors more than 50 new Community Celebrities. AARP Experience Corps Evansville long-time volunteer Eric King has been selected as one of this year’s “Community Celebrities.”
If you haven't heard by now (where have you been?!), the Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable Act, or CARE Act is the law of the land in Indiana! The bill takes effect January 1, 2016. Before then though, be sure to get one of our wallet-size CARE Act informational cards for reference so you know the benefits afforded to you and your loved ones under the bill.
In 1979, AARP founded “55 Alive” to help keep older drivers independent, safe and confident while on the road. While its mission hasn’t changed since then, many other things have, including the program name.
Our top legislative priority during the recently-concluded Indiana General Assembly session has been signed into law by Governor Pence! The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act, House Bill 1265, improves coordination and communication between the state’s 1.34 million unpaid Hoosier family caregivers, their loved ones and hospitals.
Long-t ime AARP Indiana volunteer leader and Indianapolis resident Joe Everett has been selected as the organization’s next state president. This is the top volunteer leadership position for AARP Indiana – a nonprofit, nonpartisan social change organization with nearly 820,000 members statewide that advocates on issues critical to Hoosiers 50-plus and their families.
By AARP Indiana State Director June Lyle
The countdown to the 2015 Indiana General Assembly session has begun!
To recognize his work to support family caregivers in Indiana, AARP recently named State Representative Ed Clere (R-72) as a 2014 “Capitol Caregiver,” a bipartisan group of 46 state legislators and thre
To recognize his work to support family caregivers in Indiana, AARP recently named State Senator Ed Charbonneau (R-5) as a 2014 “Capitol Caregiver,” a bipartisan group of 46 state legislators and three governors from 19 states. These elected officials have advanced policies to help family caregivers who are making it possible for their older loved ones to live independently at home—where they want to be.
To recognize her work to support family caregivers in Indiana, AARP recently named State Senator Pat Miller (R-32) as a 2014 “Capitol Caregiver,” a bipartisan group of 46 state legislators and three governors from 19 states. These elected officials have advanced policies to help family caregivers who are making it possible for their older loved ones to live independently at home—where they want to be.
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