AARP Kansas

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.

AARP Kansas is Fighting for You

The Pleasanton Lincoln Library in Linn County will receive a 2021 livable community grant from AARP Kansas to create a private area within the library to allow older residents and their families access to a computer.

Wichita’s Sunnyside Neighborhood Association will receive a 2021 livable community grant from AARP Kansas to make improvements to the Grandparents Park located at Kellogg and Estelle. Sunnyside will implement a quick-action project to add picnic tables and landscaping to the park which was developed in 2013 by Sunnyside, the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging, the City of Wichita and AARP Kansas.