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AARP Idaho is a committed advocate on issues important to you and your family. Thanks to the hard work of volunteers and staff, the 2020 legislative session ended with several achievements benefiting Idahoans of all ages.

Actions Can Strengthen Connections Between Families and Nursing Home Residents

While confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to spread across Pennsylvania, the coronavirus pandemic is also having an overwhelming impact on the state’s workforce. Overall, job losses from the coronavirus crisis are affecting workers of all ages, but workers in some occupations are being hit especially hard. One example: older workers in lower-wage service and sales jobs.

We're providing information and resources about COVID-19 to help older Massachusetts residents and their families protect themselves from the virus and prevent it from spreading to others.

As COVID-19 spreads, so do racial profiling, discrimination and harassment of Asian Americans. Shenlin Chen and Roland Hwang, leaders of the Association of Chinese Americans in Metro Detroit, tell their stories.

AARP is providing information and resources about COVID-19 to help older Louisianans, and their families protect themselves from the virus and prevent it from spreading to others.

April is National Volunteer Month – a time to recognize the importance of volunteerism and to celebrate the significant contributions that volunteers make in communities across the country. At AARP Virginia, we have always been proud of the strong spirit of service and leadership that we see in our volunteers. The current health crisis has presented many challenges, but it has also given us the opportunity to see the long-lasting impact of the important work we have done.

Two of Texas’ top health officials fielded questions from AARP members during a recent telephone town hall focused on COVID-19, remarking on the importance of social distancing and explaining steps that state agencies are taking to serve people in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

AARP North Dakota sent out a questionnaire to gather information to help older people and those caring for them protect themselves from the coronavirus and help prevent it from spreading to others. This graphic summarizes the responses.