AARP Colorado

Contact: Jim Herlihy, Marketing & Communications Director, (720) 699-9286 or jherlihy@alz.org

AARP Colorado’s Jan. 27 Tele-Town Hall with Gov. Polis and Lt. Gov. Primavera allows callers to ask questions about vaccine distribution – no computer necessary

From the city of Colorado Springs: We recognize that our senior community is eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine. We are actively vaccinating seniors 70 years and older in El Paso County as quickly as we receive COVID-19 vaccines from the state.

AARP Colorado would like to make you aware of the following event.

You have the experience. Now regain the confidence.

You have the experience. Now regain the confidence.

The Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors & Authors (CALMA) will host a “Words of Love” event on February 11, 2021, at 7 p.m. Live on CALMA Colorado Facebook page and later available on YouTube – La Gente Legacy, FB, and the website, along with other past CALMA events.

Colorado Nursing Homes are in Crisis; Nearly All Report at Least One Staff and/or Resident Case in Most Recent Four-Week Period

If you’re over 50 and need assistance understanding or organizing your finances, take advantage of AARP ElderWatch’s new, virtual peer to peer financial counseling program.

The latest release of AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard shows a worsening crisis from coast to coast. In the four-week period ending December 20, about one in 10 residents was diagnosed with coronavirus, and nearly 9 in 10 nursing homes (87%) reported that at least one staff member was diagnosed. The national rates of COVID cases and deaths in these facilities have approximately quadrupled in the last three months. From September 2020 to December 2020, nursing homes reported that: