AARP Michigan

AARP Michigan testified in Senate Health Policy Committee March 17 in favor of Senate Bill 68, a bill to enable advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to provide health care to the full extent of their education and training.

AARP and the U.S. Small Business Administration will join forces to improve the chances for success of “encore entrepreneurs” – people 50 and older who are starting a business – at free workshops in Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing during April.

They came for breakfast and they came away with a better understanding of AARP issues.

From Gongwer

AARP Michigan advocacy staff and volunteers work with state legislators on a variety of issues, including: family caregiving, ensuring affordable utility rates, supporting veterans, financial security, health security, and preventing elder abuse and exploitation.

WASHINGTON, DC — Across political parties, more than seven in ten registered voters age 40 and older say Congress should improve resources for family caregivers who help their parents, spouses, children with disabilities and other loved ones to live independently.

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,

WASHINGTON, DC – Today President Barack Obama joined AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins, and members of the Save Our Retirement coalition to announce that a major step has been taken on a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that would update requirements for those who give financial advice to individual retirement plan savers. Americans saving for retirement currently lose an estimated 6 to 17 billion dollars per year due to bad investment advice. The rule to protect individuals from conflicted retirement advice is being submitted by the DOL to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

[ Washington, DC] – Christina Guzman of Detroit will participate in the graduation ceremony for the AARP’s Volunteer Leadership Institute (VLI) on Friday. She will be joined by 32 other exceptional volunteers from all across the country.

Too many older women in Metro Detroit, in Michigan and across the country cannot afford to cover their basic needs. And too few families headed by single mothers are financially secure.