AARP New Mexico

AARP is here to help you take on today – and every day. From sharing practical resources, to holding fun activities and events, AARP is providing opportunities to connect and help build an even stronger New Mexico. We hope you’ll join us!

Areas spruced up included an Atlanta neighborhood, Andrew College, and Newnan's Main Street.

With flu season among us, we need our immune systems to be stronger than ever! Here are some foods that will help boost your immune system.

Dolores Huerta at History Colorado December 12

Administrative, tech, or support team volunteers MIGHT help with mailings, but they don’t stop there. These terrific volunteers can do soooo much more—at the state and the local level. Here is a sampling of support roles we hear popping up– in response to several inquiries and an OVE update article. As the year begins, dream a little. What volunteer roles would free you up to do more of what you love to do? Portal Roles

AARP Florida is pleased to have wonderful partners statewide to make the Sunshine State more age friendly to residents of all ages and abilities.

Responding to the pleas of Illinois residents who can’t afford much-needed medication because of soaring costs, the Illinois General Assembly approved legislation this week with resounding bipartisan support that caps the out-of-pocket monthly cost of insulin.

It is getting expensive out there! Retail prices for 267 brand-name drugs commonly used by older adults surged by an average of 5.8% in 2018, more than twice the general inflation rate of 2.4%, according to new AARP Public Policy Institute data.

Approximately 41 million unpaid family caregivers provided an estimated 34 billion hours of care — worth a staggering $470 billion — to their parents, spouses, partners, and friends in 2017, according to the latest report in AARP’s Valuing the Invaluable series. The report also explores the growing scope and complexity of caregiving, including an aging population, more family caregivers in the paid workforce, and the increasing amount of medical and nursing tasks entering the home.