Health & Wellbeing

AARP Maryland and Baltimore County Restoring Elder Safety Today (BC-REST) invite Baltimore County area residents to learn about preventing elder abuse and take time to shred unneeded documents for free during an event on Wednesday, June 15. The shred will take place as part of the BC-REST World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Forum.

Join Team AARP at the Baltimore Women’s Classic 5K!

Montgomery County is making it easier for the 50 plus community and their families to age comfortably in place as it becomes Maryland’s first jurisdiction to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities. As the 73rd community in the U.S. to sign on to the network, Montgomery County's civic leaders will have access to global resources and information on age-friendly best practices, models of assessment and implementation, and the experiences of towns and cities and around the world.

The Maryland Access Point (MAP) website allows you to assess, learn and search for long-term support information and services throughout Maryland. MAP is a partner in the national Aging and Disability Resource Center initiative supported by the U.S. Administration on Aging and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. MAP state partners include the Maryland Departments of Aging, Disabilities, Health and Mental Hygiene, and Human Resources, as well as the Regional Centers for Independent Living. MAP currently has local service sites in ten counties. It is a helpful site for locating resources for consumers, their families and caregivers, and service staff. Visit MAP at http://www.marylandaccesspoint.info/

AARP Maryland is helping to increase food donations for the Harvest for the Hungry Food drive in March 2013 by recruiting volunteers to staff donation tables at Safeway Stores in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, and stores in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. During the week of March 9-16, 2013 volunteers will encourage shoppers to donate food or purchase and donate a prepackaged bag of food items to help stock the Capital Food Bank after the holiday food donations are close to depletion. As Larry Adam, Director of the Harvest for the Hungry Campaign says, “Hunger knows no holiday.” Please donate during the week of March 9th by placing non perishable items at your mailbox or contact Jen Holz at 410-895-7602 to volunteer that week!