AARP is helping the Indianapolis Public Library system expand its fraud prevention programming to combat rising fraud losses among older residents. The Outsmarting Scammers series will include consumer protection presentations from the Office of the Indiana Attorney General.
Gary, Indiana recently joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities. Director of Community Engagement, Emily Gorman, traveled to Gary to attend a press conference where Mayor Melton signed an executive order to launch the AARP Age-Friendly Advisory Council. This executive order will kick start a dedicated effort to actively try to make the city of Gary more inclusive for older adults.
The names of the first 10 Medicare drugs whose prices the federal government will negotiate directly with manufacturers were released Aug. 29. Popular but pricey blood thinners, diabetes medications, cancer treatments make historic list.
AARP Indiana’s Evansville team recently made the case at a City of Evansville Affordable Housing Trust Fund committee meeting for the growing need to construct, rehabilitate, and preserve affordable housing in the area that also supports residents’ abilities to age in place.
In the early 1900s, the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, now called "Black Wall Street," was a vibrant and prosperous community. Despite the challenges and racial injustices they faced, residents of this community built a thriving neighborhood filled with successful Black-owned businesses, attorneys, doctors, and real estate agents. Their achievements were nothing short of remarkable and served as a beacon of hope for Black Americans nationwide.
Earlier this March, AARP Indiana’s Gary team showed up to the Gary Common Council in solidarity with community members to support Council Pending Ordinance 2023-06, which dedicates $1.5 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to a Mobile Mental Health Initiative.
For more than 60 years, AARP has been a 'wise friend' and 'fierce defender' helping individuals to ensure that their money, health, and happiness live as long as they do.
Many Indiana residents—who already face above-average energy bills—could see their utility expenses jump even higher if regulators approve a recent rate increase request from the state's second largest distributor of electricity.
AARP Indiana is reminding older Hoosiers that they may be eligible for a $200 taxpayer refund even if they are on Social Security and do not typically file tax returns.