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While AARP strives to develop a year-round appreciation of Black life, culture and history, each year there are key dates and observances that are deserving of special commemoration. Among these is Black History Month.

50 million served, 50 million more to go

Click on the 2018 State Advocacy Agenda or read below:

Please check out the video below from Advocacy Manager Melissa Sinden as she gives insight as to what happened during week two of the Georgia Legislature. The content of her video text is below.

Study focuses on smartphone apps for care coordination, emergency response systems, and online services for in-home aide selection. Report conducted by Project Catalyst group comprised of founding members AARP, Pfizer, UnitedHealthcare, MedStar Health, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

By Christina Clem, AARP Washington

Salem – AARP Oregon honored state legislators with “Down the Trail” awards for developing bi-partisan solutions to help older adults.

In 2018, AARP Iowa is again working with lawmakers, advocates, volunteers and members to urge passage of the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable (CARE) Act, a commonsense policy that increases information, education and support for Iowa’s more than 317,000 family caregivers. A 2015 survey found that 50 percent of Iowa caregivers are left out of hospital discussions about patient care and receive little or no instruction about tasks they will have to perform, such as wound are and medication management, at home after the patient is discharged.

Friday, February 23, 2018 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. at the Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive