AARP Delaware

Delaware’s Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long and Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay will join AARP Delaware State Director Lucretia Young to host a Telephone Town Hall on Friday, November 19 at 1 pm. Listeners can hear from Hall-Long and Rattay to get an update on COVID-19 and up-to-the-minute information on vaccines and booster shots.

As a volunteer with AARP, your perspectives can help shape the future of Delaware.

Chances are, if you aren’t a family caregiver yourself, you know someone who is. Every day, nearly 129,000 Delawareans help their parents, spouses, siblings, grandparents, neighbors and other loved ones to live independently at home – where they want to be.

Laurie Jacobs is a member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Delaware Chapter and the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Young Professionals. She is a self-described passionate community servant who enjoys volunteering and making a difference in her community. She describes her strengths as advocacy, community organizing, and leadership. Combining her passion of public service with her professional career, Laurie currently works in nonprofit communications and marketing, where she can explore her interest in economic empowerment, civic engagement. AARP enjoys working with our younger volunteers to bridge the generations.

Delaware is experiencing a shortage of primary care physicians, hindering access to care for a population that is one of the oldest in the nation.

Medicare changes every year, which means it can get a little complicated when trying to understand what’s new for you. Join us for a free webinar where we’ll discuss the key takeaways from this year’s Medicare changes and what they may mean for your benefits.

AARP Launches New Tool to Help Delaware’s Veterans Access Health Care

Delaware’s Legislature is in session from January to June each year. AARP makes our members voices heard during this time, as we support bills and laws that make life better for people age 50 and over. 2021 was a year filled with wins for AARP, its members and friends. With the help of our outstanding advocacy volunteers, we supported and helped pass a variety of bills that will benefit Delawareans for years to come. Take a look:

Play Bingo online with your AARP Family and Friends.

AARP has launched a full-scale campaign, including a $4 million ad buy, pushing back on false claims from the pharmaceutical industry that reforms would limit Americans’ access to medicines. AARP has called for fair drug prices for years and is urging Congress to pass legislation that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, put a cap on out-of-pocket costs that older adults pay for their prescription drugs and impose penalties on drug companies that raise prices faster than the rate of inflation.