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Aging with Dignity: Housing Choices for Rhode Island’s Older Population

It's time for the General Assembly to pass ADU legislation.

AARP Rhode Island's 2024 Legislative Agenda

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ADU Design at the State House

RISD students show what they look like, and the needs they can be designed to meet.

How Northeast States Are Expanding Home Care

By Michelle Cerulli McAdams, DEC 4, 2023

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.

We Must Do Better

Rhode Island's housing needs must be a priority. Read Catherine Taylor's take on where Rhode Island ranks in the 2023 AARP Livablity Index.

You Need to Know the Score

The LTSS Scorecard is revealing; we need to improve

How and Where to Get COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters in Rhode Island

By Sarah Elizabeth Adler, OCT 6, 2023

Rhode Island residents can schedule new COVID-19 vaccine appointments or walk into a nearby pharmacy to get a shot. Here’s how to find an updated vaccine near you.