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The Alzheimer's Association offers peer or professionally-led groups for Spanish-speaking caregivers and others dealing with Alzheimer's disease. All support groups are facilitated by trained individuals.

By Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert

AARP Colorado and Microsoft are pleased to offer free Microsoft classes for AARP members. The classes will be offered at the Microsoft store at the Park Meadows Mall location only.

Yvette Gunther is the epitome of energy, of life reimagined, of taking action, and a model of the can-do attitude.

On August 29, 2015 I was crowned Ms America International 2016. Some might think “and the winner is” were the words that changed my life. Yes, things have been different since then, but this isn’t about winning a crown, it’s about a winning mindset. What truly changed my life and put me on a path to self-rediscovery began a year earlier with four monumental words . . . “you are turning fifty”!

AARP would like to inform you of this following events:

Statistically, 70% of today’s 65-year-olds will need long-term care at some point. “Many people make the mistake of assuming Medicare covers it, and they’re wrong,” says Jeffrey Brown, professor of finance at the University of Illinois, who has spent the last decade researching long-term care insurance markets. There are only three choices: out-of-pocket, Medicaid, or insurance. “Long-term care is exactly the kind of low-probability, high-cost risk that you want to insure against,” he says.

Join the Rocky Mountain MS Center this August for Multiple Summits for Multiple Sclerosis (#MS4MS)!

The Denver Commission on Aging and the Denver Office on Aging will be hosting the second annual Seniors in September event. Last year this event attracted over 300 older adults to the Denver Art Museum for a day of fun and learning about important services available. This year the event will offer free workshops on health, fitness and legal Issues pertaining to aging, as well as a community resource forum showcasing services from the City and County Denver and non-profit organizations. Mayor Michael Hancock will deliver a keynote speech, and a free lunch will be served to attendees. The event will be held at the Denver Art Museum on Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and is open to the public and those interested in issues concerning aging and older adults. Transportation will be provided by Innovage from select Denver locations.

For Immediate Release