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Do you know an AARP member who is making life better by volunteering in their Alabama community? Please nominate them for the AARP Andrus Award for Community Service.

It is not an overstatement to say that the 2017 Medicaid budget passed by the Alabama Legislature will hurt frail, low-income seniors who count on critical Medicaid programs for prescription medication, outpatient dialysis and hospice care —and drastically reduce support to family caregivers.

May 11th, 2016: Join AARP NJ and St. Mary's Hospital for our Family Caregivers' Fun, Food & Facts Fair

To keep your heart healthy you need to listen to it. This Saturday, April 23, join AARP Los Angeles us at the KJLH Women's Health Forum, where we will be hosting Life Reimagined Checkups, free sessions designed to align your life with your dreams.

AARP CT is hosting a telephone town hall on Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. ET to inform and educate consumers on protecting themselves from consumer fraud. The call will focus on providing tips on securing personal and financial documents, as well as finding help if you have become of victim of identity theft, fraud or financial exploitation. Special guests will include representatives from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Federal Trade Commission and CT Department of Consumer Protection.

By Dick Weinman, AARP Volunteer and ALF Living Guru

Local Event one of Dozens Scheduled Nationwide to Provide Secure Document Destruction

Have you, or someone you know, had their identity stolen? Someone’s identity is stolen every two seconds. That’s 30 every minute, 300 every 10 minutes, 900 every half hour… so it happens often, and can happen to anyone.

A large majority of registered voters in Connecticut, across the ideological spectrum, support paid family medical leave and a significant percentage would back a candidate for state elections who worked to implement such a plan, according to a recent survey by AARP Research.

Last week on April 7, 2016, Senator Joni Ernst, along with others, introduced the Credit for Caring Act, which provides working family caregivers with up to a $3,000 nonrefundable tax credit for qualified expenses.