AARP announced that four organizations on Oahu, Maui and Kaua`i will receive $70,000 in 2025 Community Challenge grants. The grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action projects aimed at making communities more livable for people of all ages, with a focus on the needs of older adults. The funds will support efforts to improve public places, transportation, housing, digital connections, and other key areas.
Protect yourself from identity theft by safely shredding sensitive documents at Access Information Management in Kailua Kona and Wailuku on June 21. You can also help the hungry at the same time by bringing food donations.
AARP Hawai‘i will focus legislative efforts this year on mitigating the disproportionate risks faced by older adults during public emergencies. The Legislature opens this month.
The Wall That Heals, a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will make its first-ever stop in Hawai`i on Hawai`i island in January and Maui in February.
AARP Movies for Grownups is holding a free screening of the new movie “Wonka,” in Kailua-Kona at the Regal Keauhou Stadium 7 theatre on Monday, Dec. 18 at 1:30 p.m.
For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institutions.
To help in an advocacy campaign for a family caregiver tax credit in the 2024 session of the Hawai‘i State Legislature, AARP is asking caregivers to share their stories.
From food to fitness, and YouTube to Twitter – there’s an app for that and AARP Hawai`i, AARP Alaska and Senior Planet are teaming up to offer free weekly online classes to teach kupuna how to use the technology on Friday mornings, starting Oct. 13.
Report Finds Hawai`i Among Top States for Nursing Home Quality and Home Care Affordability, but Systemic Gaps Include Workforce Shortages and Caregiver Support
Fake charities, FEMA impostors and shady contractors are among the scams to watch out for after a disaster says Kathy Stokes, Director of Fraud Prevention Programs at AARP.