With nearly 2.5 million members in Texas, AARP Texas strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to older Texans and their families, including health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment.
Preventing elder exploitation and fraud is on the AARP Texas legislative agenda as the advocacy team fights for measures in the Texas Legislature to deal with scams tied to cryptocurrency kiosks, residential solar, real estate deeds, gift cards, and more.
The fear of contracting COVID-19 can put a lot of stress on anyone, let alone someone caring for a loved one. How caregivers deal with this stress can be essential in the way they care for others.
Texas legislators are responding to the call to take swift and decisive action to ensure the health and safety of long-term care facility residents and staff. AARP Texas Director Tina Tran applauded Texas lawmakers for their initial work and urged continued progress toward passing several important bills to protect nursing home residents.
En los pasados meses, la nación entera ha visto con alarma las fotos y videos de filas interminables de automóviles con familias que van en busca de alimentos donados para poder subsistir.
For nearly a year, the entire nation has watched with alarm the photos and videos of endless lines of cars with families searching for donated food to make ends meet.
AARP Texas and Texas Legal Services Center filed a formal request with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to provide immediate relief to Texas’ residential utility consumers who suffered during the February winter storm.