AARP Michigan

Every two seconds another American becomes a victim of identity fraud.

Highland Park on Tuesday became the second Michigan city to join the World Health Organization (WHO) of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities and the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities.

Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP will make four stops in West Michigan July 23-26.

Message from Tom Kimble, AARP Michigan Volunteer President:

The AARP Michigan State Office hosted 16 volunteers for Life Reimagined Guide training on June 17-18.

AARP Michigan’s fifth annual "Why I Love My Grandparents" Essay Contest for school-age students is under way. Essays must be submitted by August 1, 2014.

By Lisa Dedden Cooper, AARP Michigan Manager of Advocacy

The first two stops on the AARP Michigan Health Decisions T0ur drew 132 interested health care consumers and led to lively discussion in Lansing and Grand Rapids.

The Michigan Office of Services to the Aging (OSA) Director Kari Sederburg issued the following statement on the AARP 2014 State Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard results for the state of Michigan:

Michigan still needs tomake substantial improvements when it comes to meeting the long-term care needs of older residents, especially when it comes to support for family caregivers. This, according to a new, comprehensive state-by-state Scorecard from AARP with support of the nation’s leading organizations behind quality long-term care, The Commonwealth Fund and SCAN Foundation.