AARP Alaska

By Ann Hardie

The 2020 South Dakota Legislative Session has officially ended and AARP South Dakota made great progress on many issues of importance to our state's 50+ population. Read below to learn more about how these new pieces of legislation may affect you and your family:

NextFifty Initiative Opens $1 million Challenge Grant to Colorado Nonprofits for Collective Impact Work with Older Adults

"Prepare to Care" Resource Guide will help you create a caregiving plan for your loved one

The pictures, maybe you’ve seen them. Sons and daughters, moms and dads, husbands and wives – separated by a glass window. This is how some family members are visiting loved ones living in Minnesota’s nursing home and assisted living facilities during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. And as heartbreaking as these pictures are, worse are the stories of people dying alone and of goodbyes not said.

Finances, isolation and a wish to help others top of mind for coping with stay-at-home requirements.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s March 31 order extending social distancing guidelines through the end of April means the Lone Star State will be operating in its new normal for at least one more month.

Slotkin fields questions from nearly 1,500 participants on the CARES Act, including individual stimulus payments, sick leave, unemployment compensation, and more.

Resources for government services, home health visits, food banks, grocery access, meal delivery and unemployment benefits.

Join our Tele-Town Hall for an important discussion on the coronavirus on Friday, April 3, at 1:10 p.m. We'll be joined by City of Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, Director of the Marion County Public Health Department, Dr. Virginia Caine, and Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks to talk about the efforts happening in Marion County as well as the federal government's response to the coronavirus. Listen to the livestream here or call 877-229-8493, PIN: 13906 to join the conversation.