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JAN 1, 2025
AARP Idaho and the Idaho State Tax Commission are working to let people know about the state’s property tax reduction program.
DEC 4, 2024
Please join us at our annual complimentary Latino holiday luncheon at the Idaho Hispanic Community Center in Nampa on Thursday, December 19th from 11:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Enjoy a catered traditional holiday luncheon complete with turkey, ham and all the trimmings. Get in the holiday spirit and socialize with your friends while learning something new from our guest speakers and provided entertainment. Come spend the day with us as we celebrate with our members and guests!
DEC 2, 2024
U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, AARP Idaho, Along with Tribal and Local Law Enforcement Officials, Announce Second “Don’t Click December” Consumer Protection Campaign
Outstanding volunteer For someone so devoted to giving, Mary Zarybnisky has no knack for gift wrapping.
Agencies Release a Series of PSAs to Advise the Public About Common Online Fraud Schemes That Cause Billions of Dollars of Losses Each Year
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.
Mary Zarybnisky has been selected by AARP Idaho to receive the 2023 AARP Idaho Andrus Award for Community Service. Each year AARP honors the legacy of AARP founder Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus with the Andrus Award for Community Service. It represents the Association’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.
Idahoans who provide care for veterans spend on average $11,500 of their personal income on out-of-pocket costs related to caregiving each year—1.5 times higher than what other family caregivers spend ($7,242), according to AARP data. And 43 percent of veteran and military caregivers experienced at least one financial setback such as having to take on more debt or dip into personal savings, according to research from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving.
For decades, America’s seniors have paid the highest prices in the world for lifesaving medications while big drug companies padded their profits.
AARP Idaho is pleased to welcome Montpelier into the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. Other participants in Idaho are all cities including Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Malad, Cascade, Preston, and Oneida County.
AARP has awarded six Community Challenge grants for projects to help boost livability for all residents.
Learn how simple daily choices can be the key to a happier you from Human Performance Professor Dr. Howard Gauthier!
This past August we celebrated the 88th birthday of Social Security. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935. Last month I had the honor, along with other AARP volunteers from around the country, to meet in Washington D.C. for a bipartisan discussion with members of Congress about the future of Social Security.
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