Health & Wellbeing

Massachusetts residents can schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments at retail pharmacies, doctor’s offices and other locations. Here’s how to find an updated vaccine near you.

Ansara is among seven people who won an AARP Purpose Prize this year. The award is given to nonprofit founders 50 and older who see a problem and create impactful solutions. Ansara's Build Health International helps build high-quality health care infrastructure in underprivileged communities around the world.

Trying to make those organics from the grocery store have a longer shelf life? Have a green thumb and trying to make the fruits (and vegetables) of your labor last through the winter? Jellies, Jams, Pickling and Salsa Making! One episode a month, sign up today!

AARP is making a post-pandemic push to combat loneliness and social isolation by hosting a series of in-person events, including a trip to the New England Botanic Garden, ice cream socials and an outing to the Cambridge Jazz Festival. A 2023 advisory from the U.S. surgeon general declared increasing loneliness, isolation and lack of connection to be a public health crisis.

Watch these insightful conversations from AARP Massachusetts. From clutter to nutrition, alcohol and loneliness, find simple life hacks or gain insightful information from these hour long discussions.

For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institutions.

If you are struggling to pay your heating bill, you may be eligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which pays part of certain Bay State residents’ winter heating bills.

Supplemental funding for COVID PPE and Testing

Health care bill has been signed into law by Governor Baker

MA Secretary of Elder Affairs, Elizabeth Chen, talked to callers about staying healthy and resources available in Massachusetts