As we enter a new season, AARP continues to show up across Florida as both a wise friend and a fierce defender. Our mission remains rooted in protecting the interests of older adults and ensuring that every Floridian can age with dignity, security, and purpose.
AARP Florida is expressing strong concerns about Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) newly filed settlement agreement, noting that it prioritizes corporate and business interests over the needs of residential customers.
As the 2025 hurricane season ramps up in Florida, older adults and family caregivers face a critical responsibility: ensuring safety for themselves and their loved ones.
Music, food, laughter, and new friendships filled the room as more than 150 Palm Bay neighbors came together on September 23 for the Senior Appreciation Celebration. Hosted by the AARP Palm Bay Chapter in Brevard County, the free community event offered an afternoon of live music, raffle prizes, resource tables, and even an arts & crafts workshop.
Much has happened since the Florida Legislature adjourned in March 2020. But AARP Florida is making it easier for you to track down how your state lawmakers voted on key issues important to older Floridians in the 2020 legislative regular session.
During the pandemic, patients like the convenience of telemedicine, more skeptical doctors are quickly embracing it, and insurers have eased their billing requirements for providers.
La mayoría de los floridanos dieron un suspiro de alivio cuando la trayectoria proyectada del huracán Dorian se alejó de un golpe directo en la península, pero quedaba un gran riesgo: la marejada ciclónica.
As Florida heads into the 2020 hurricane season June 1, Sunshine State residents are facing a new level of uncertainty: Never in modern history have Floridians had to consider how to plan for the disruption and danger of a hurricane while also juggling concerns about a pandemic.
As Florida heads into the 2020 hurricane season June 1, Sunshine State residents age 50-plus are facing a new level of uncertainty: Never in modern history have older Floridians had to consider how to plan for the disruption and danger of a hurricane while also juggling concerns about a pandemic.
By overwhelming margins, hundreds of AARP Florida E-Activists agree that state government should focus resources on helping to keep the coronavirus pandemic from infecting residents and staff of elder-care facilities, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes.