Caregiving

State Senate Approval of Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners Praised by AARP Pennsylvania

By Cristina Rouvalis

Philadelphia resident Joanne Grossi has recently been appointed as AARP Pennsylvania's State President. In her new role, Grossi will help shape AARP’s strategic priorities, build community partnerships with key decision makers and serve as AARP’s principal volunteer spokesperson in Pennsylvania.

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By Cristina Rouvalis

At AARP, we are engaging with the community in new and surprising ways. If you’ve been out and about in Philadelphia, chances are that you have seen us at street festivals, city council meetings, or hosting events. But did you know that we are going to be in the LGBT community even more than ever before?

While many Pennsylvania children adjusted to a new school year and other Pennsylvanians looked forward to a long weekend to celebrate Labor Day and the unofficial end of summer, the week beginning on Monday, August 29 saw a number of interesting activities and events across Pennsylvania that highlighted issues of importance to older Pennsylvanians.

One of the difficulties of discussing, debating, and advocating about issues in Harrisburg is the difficulty of making the concern you’re working on sound new and fresh to policymakers. Long-term care may be the prime example of this – the impact of long-term care on individual Pennsylvania families who are faced with dealing with a loved one in need of long-term care is tremendous, and the impact on the Commonwealth’s budget, and ultimately on the state’s taxpayers, is also large and growing each year.

Determining the amount and type of care needed for a loved one is one of the most difficult and gut-wrenching decisions a family must make. When someone is in need of help or long-term care, numerous factors must go into the decision.

AARP Pennsylvania Takes Caregiving and Social Security Message to Washington, DC