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AARP Kansas honors six individuals with a combined 60 years of service for their volunteerism, leadership, and advocacy. The organization presented the Annual Andrus Award and Kansas Volunteer Excellence Awards during a recent two-day volunteer recognition and training event.
MAY 19, 2025
Shawnee County Commissioners Join AARP to Dedicate the Topeka Free Fitness Park
MAY 1, 2025
The city of Wichita has joined the national AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. The designation gives Wichita access to technical assistance to help assess the needs of older adults related to housing, transportation and other services.
APR 10, 2025
The Social Security Administration confirmed to AARP that beginning April 14, they will allow all claim types to be completed over the telephone as they previously had been. This includes Retirement, Survivors, and Auxiliary (Spouse or Child) benefits that SSA previously announced would require in-person identity proofing, in addition to Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, and SSI.
AARP Supports Measures to Improve Access to Care
Poll Shows Small Businesses Agree Lawmakers Should Support Kansas Retirement Savings Option
Affordable, Reliable High-Speed Internet is Essential for Health & Safety of Older Kansans
We know that it takes time to build great communities. But, we also believe that tangible improvements can spark long-term change. AARP launched the Community Challenge in 2017 to fund projects that build momentum to improve livability nationwide. We are excited to announce the program is back in 2022 for its sixth year and is currently accepting applications online through March 22, 5:00 p.m. ET.
As the state legislature reconvenes this month, AARP Kansas plans to work with lawmakers to help ensure that more workers are financially able to retire.
The holidays are a time for togetherness, celebration, and giving. Unfortunately, scammers take advantage of the season to give gifts to themselves, using your money to pay for it. In fact, a new AARP study shows that the entire gift-giving process, from purchasing the perfect gift to making sure it gets to the recipient, offers a number of opportunities for scammers to get in on the act for their own benefit.
AARP Kansas is pushing for a bill that would allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to treat patients without the involvement of a doctor.
Chances are, if you aren’t a family caregiver yourself, you know someone who is. Every day, nearly 330,000 Kansans help their parents, spouses, siblings, grandparents, neighbors and other loved ones live independently at home – where they want to be.
Susan Nyp, Lawrence, has been selected by AARP, the nonprofit organization for people 50 and older, to receive the 2021 AARP Kansas Andrus Award for Community Service, the Association’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.
New research reveals top scams facing Kansas’s military community and ways to fight back
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