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AUG 25, 2025
Healthy living and making new friends are on AARP Colorado’s agenda with a new Walk & Connect event series late this fall and early winter.
AUG 11, 2025
The 2025 Colorado legislative session has concluded, and AARP Colorado’s nonpartisan advocacy efforts helped achieve several significant victories for older Coloradans. This year’s legislative advocacy focused on four key areas: financial security, housing, fraud prevention and health care. Additionally, AARP advocates worked to mitigate a budget shortfall’s impact on older Coloradans.
JUL 22, 2025
A new AARP survey, released in conjunction with Social Security’s 90th anniversary, confirms that Americans highly value Social Security, and even more so than five years ago. The vast majority of Americans – 95% of Republicans, 98% of Democrats, and 93% of Independents – consider Social Security vital to the financial security of all Americans, and 67% believe it is even more important for retirees than it was five years ago.
JUN 26, 2025
AARP Colorado is excited to announce that the state office is now accepting applications to join its Executive Council, a volunteer leadership role and experience.
From the Social Security Administration...
RTD approves simpler, more affordable fares will be implemented in 2024; no-cost transit for youth begins in September
Candidates who support the issues most important to Americans ages 50-plus can improve their margin significantly in close 2024 races, according to a new AARP poll. The poll, which surveyed likely voters from the 40 most competitive congressional districts, found caregiving to be a pivotal top issue for voters 50+. Americans 50+ are the largest – and perhaps the most crucial – voting bloc.
FAMLI planning: What to know about Colorado’s new paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program
The Early Childhood Service Corps* (ECSC) is an innovative, intergenerational response to the critical workforce need in the early childhood field, and to the unprecedented departure of older Americans from the workforce.
As temperatures rise, extreme heat can have a significant impact on everyone’s safety, but these conditions can be especially stressful and confusing for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
People of all ages use text messages to communicate, often even more so than talking on the phone or sending an email. Scammers have noted this trend and now use text messaging to contact potential victims. As the use of smart phones and text messaging grows, it is critical that cell phone users are extra vigilant about potential scams that could come to their phone via text. The following are a few tips for avoiding potential text message scams:
From the Social Security Administration...
During the pandemic, many Americans began streaming movies at home and turned on the captions to better understand the dialogue. Perhaps you were one of them.
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