Building great communities takes time – but small, tangible improvements can spark lasting change. That’s the idea behind the AARP Community Challenge, a grant program launched in 2017 to support quick-action projects that enhance livability nationwide.
Fitness coach Carl Powell, owner of Body and Brain Health in Wailuku, is offering monthly hour-long brain health webinars, each focused on a “pillar of the month” such as exercise, stress reduction, sleep or diet.
As more cryptocurrency ATMs pop up across the country, criminals are increasingly using the machines in fraud schemes — often targeting older Americans. AARP Hawai‘i is pushing legislation to help curb those scams.
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.
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