Michael Rowett

Are you ready for retirement? AARP Arkansas is hosting an event on Saturday, October 24 to help you answer that question and prepare for your next chapter.

Volunteers needed for AARP Foundation Tax-Aide

The Office of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced its next series of Mobile Office visits throughout the state.

An Arkansas Portrait of Care

Are you 50 plus? Do you want to start or grow a small business? AARP Arkansas, the U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE are partnering as part of this year’s Summer of Encore Mentoring. Join us Tuesday, August 25, for a FREE drop-in event to network with the SBA in Arkansas, SCORE business counselors and AARP Arkansas. Time: 5:30 p.m.- 7 p.m. Drop-in at your convenience, but please register below. Place: Fayetteville Public Library 401 West Mountain Street Fayetteville, AR 72701 Register here. More information on the Summer of Encore Mentoring is available here.

It was 80 years ago today that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law--on Aug. 14, 1935. In Arkansas, 666,172 people--among 59 million people nationwide--Social Security benefits.

Are you 50 plus? Do you want to start or grow a small business?

LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas this Wednesday, July 22, joins the growing ranks of states that are easing the transition from hospital to home for patients and their caregivers.

Every day, a silent army of 478,000 Arkansans performs a true labor of love: caring for aging parents, spouses, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, friends... so they can remain in their homes. These family caregivers wouldn’t have it any other way... but are on duty 24/7, usually without pay, and often can’t even take a break.

A near-capacity audience packed a movie theater at Riverdale 10 Cinemas in Little Rock the evening of June 18 to watch a free AARP Movies for Grownups screening of the film Still Alice and learn more about resources for family caregivers and their loved ones.