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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.
Pushing for legislation to address age discrimination in the workplace is a top priority for AARP during the Colorado General Assembly’s 2023 legislative session, which begins this month.
AARP helped save Colorado Xcel customers nearly $124 million, thwarting the energy company’s unfair natural gas rate hike proposal and its ongoing “pancaking” of rate increases
AARPCO State Director Bob Murphy recounts accomplishments upon retirement from AARP Colorado
Alzheimer’s disease is expected to impact nearly 13 million Americans by 2050, including 76,000 Coloradans today, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. So, as you contemplate your New Year’s resolutions for 2023, consider there are steps you can take yourself to maintain and improve your cognitive function.
Holidays can be stressful enough, but when you add in a person living with dementia, gatherings with family and friends become more complex. Finding the right gift for our loved ones can be challenging. The Alzheimer's Association offers a caregiver holiday guide that shows how, with careful planning, family celebrations can continue to be a meaningful part of the holidays while ensuring safety, comfort and enjoyment for everyone.
The AARP Community Challenge grant program this year funded four quick-action projects in Colorado to enhance public spaces for residents of all ages.
AARP mourns with the families and friends of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The LGBTQ+ community deserves to feel safe and live their lives without fear of violence. We would be remiss in not recognizing the additional lives that were lost this year to violence in the transgender community. Their names are not always known, but they will never be forgotten.
October is the official start of flu season, and the time when many people consider getting a flu shot. In addition to protecting you from the flu, the shot may also help protect your brain.
The holiday season creates new ways for scammers to victimize consumers. Especially with many consumers turning to online shopping it is even more important to remain vigilant. Here are a few steps you can take to help make this holiday shopping season safe:
Aurora resident Joanie Ryan was crowned Ms. Colorado Senior America at the 29th Annual Ms. Colorado Senior America Pageant on Oct. 9 at Northglenn Recreational Center’s Parsons Theatre.
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