Mark Hornbeck

Message from Tom Kimble, AARP Michigan Volunteer President:

The AARP Michigan State Office hosted 16 volunteers for Life Reimagined Guide training on June 17-18.

By Lisa Dedden Cooper, AARP Michigan Manager of Advocacy

The first two stops on the AARP Michigan Health Decisions T0ur drew 132 interested health care consumers and led to lively discussion in Lansing and Grand Rapids.

The Michigan Office of Services to the Aging (OSA) Director Kari Sederburg issued the following statement on the AARP 2014 State Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard results for the state of Michigan:

Michigan still needs tomake substantial improvements when it comes to meeting the long-term care needs of older residents, especially when it comes to support for family caregivers. This, according to a new, comprehensive state-by-state Scorecard from AARP with support of the nation’s leading organizations behind quality long-term care, The Commonwealth Fund and SCAN Foundation.

Sgt. Thomas Hickey, a 22 -year veteran of the Ann Arbor Police Department, wants to keep Senior drivers in Ann Arbor safer on the roads.

To celebrate the independence that driving affords, AARP Driver Safety will offer a discounted online course in July.

LANSING, Mich. – AARP Michigan announced today its endorsement of Proposal 1 on the Aug. 5statewide ballot, which stabilizes funding for local government services, helps small businesses without raising taxes and modernizes Michigan’s tax system.

The AARP Listens to Michigan Tour will hit the road again this month and will make stops in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Detroit, Marquette, Kalamazoo and Jackson.