Health & Wellbeing

Walking is widely seen as an effective way to improve your health. If you can do it with others and meet new friends, even better.

AARP CT 2024 Livable Communities Grant Application

Smart goals are the key to a lifestyle for whole health, supporting one’s purpose and resilience.

Companion Plants for the Vegetable Garden

Today, AARP announced six organizations throughout Michigan will receive 2024 Community Challenge grants – part of AARP’s largest investment in communities to date with $3.8 million awarded among 343 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places, transportation, housing, digital connections and more, with an emphasis on the needs of adults ages 50 and older.

AARP Connecticut announced seven organizations throughout the state will receive 2024 Community Challenge grants – part of AARP’s largest investment in communities to date with $3.8 million awarded among 343 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; transportation; housing; digital connections; and more, with an emphasis on the needs of adults ages 50 and older.

Reid, the director of exercise physiology and physical performance at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, shared the results of recent studies of the effects of physical activity in older adults.

Learn which flowers and herbs can deter pests and attract pollinators to your garden.

The drugstore chain announced more store closures in Michigan as part of the company's restructuring following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 2023. This significant change underscores the importance of accessible healthcare services for older adults who rely on these pharmacies.

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.