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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.
Nine out of 10 Kansas voters age 50 and older use the internet, according to a recent AARP Kansas survey, but access is not equal across the state.
Medicare changes every year, which means it can get a little complicated when trying to understand what’s new for you. Join us for a free webinar where we’ll discuss the key takeaways from this year’s Medicare changes and what they may mean for your benefits.
Of the more than 210,000 veterans in Kansas, only 30% have used their benefits at VA health care, according to U.S. Census Bureau.
Voters ages 50 and older overwhelmingly agree that elected officials in Kansas should work to ensure that high-speed internet is available to all Kansans regardless of where they live, according to a new AARP survey.
AARP is pleased to announce that Glenda DuBoise, Topeka, has been selected as the new Kansas State Director. She will oversee operations of the Kansas state office, which includes a staff of four full-time employees and an 8-person volunteer advisory Executive Council that works on behalf of all Kansans 50+, including nearly 300,000 AARP members statewide. Glenda succeeds Maren Turner, who served in the role for more than 20 years.
Five Kansas cities and organizations received 2021 AARP Community Challenge grants to fund quick-action projects aimed at improving the quality of life for residents of all ages.
In this guide, you’ll find information, a glossary of terms to know, resources (identified with an asterisk and listed throughout the guide), and checklists to help you organize and find the support that you might need.
By: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. September 21, 2021
AARP has released the August Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard, which tracks nursing home data including cases as well as resident and staff vaccination rates, and the news is alarming with COVID-19 cases increasing among staff and residents. In the four weeks ending August 22, 2021, the number of new nursing home resident cases of COVID-19 increased to 176, more than five times as many as the previous month. The number of new staff cases jumped during the same time period to 336, more than four times as many as reported in the previous dashboard.
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