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Helping Utahns 50+ live their best lives
MAR 6, 2025
Join the AARP Utah University webinar series to help you make the best decisions on topics that matter most as we age.
MAR 5, 2025
The latest scam making the rounds is asking you to pay a toll through a text. It might look real, but there are a few red flags to watch out for. The Federal Trade Commission recently released a consumer warning about these types of scams.
FEB 17, 2025
AARP Utah and Salt Lake County Aging & Adult Services team up locally
MAR 10, 2025
The 2025 Legislative session in Utah ended March 7, 2025.
MAR 10, 2025
Learn safe driving strategies and you could earn a discount on auto insurance.*
AARP Utah Executive Council member Amanda Lambert is a geriatric care manager and owner of Lambert Care Management, LLC; after her years of experience working with older adults and seeing families struggle to find and afford care for elders, she approached her colleague and friend Leslie Eckford about writing a book on the subject. Given the huge growth in the number of older people that is coming both in Utah and the country, as a whole, this book is well-timed to help families cope with caregiving responsibilities, and will prove to be an indispensable tool to in the entire decision-making process for how best to provide care.
An 84-year-old widow called the AARP Fraud Watch Network after accepting a free trial offer for skin cream she had seen a famous personality touting on television. She had no idea she needed to cancel after receiving the free trial. She was sent more product at a cost of $200 and is fighting to return the product and get her money back.
As we honor those who have served our country this Veterans Day, know that scammers go to great lengths to target their money, their benefits, and their commitment to current and former soldiers.
Free public Wi-Fi, available at places like airports and coffee shops, are convenient, but can be risky.
Tax season is over, and AARP Tax-Aide in Utah did another outstanding job helping low-to-moderate income taxpayers in the state file their taxes at no charge and on time! This year, over 6700 returns were completed at 32 sites around the state by 106 volunteer preparers.
from Kristen Keckeisen of the AARP Fraud Watch Network
It's the season of giving but con artists are taking--here are some tips from the AARP Fraud Watch Network on how to protect yourself from holiday scams:
In the first of its kind in the nation, an AARP Smart Driver course was taught to deaf students at the Sanderson Center in Taylorsville, Utah on Monday, November 14. The Center reached out to AARP and requested that a class be taught there as a way to give older, deaf drivers a chance to refresh their driving skills.
by Kristen Keckheisen, AARP Fraud Watch Network
Are you a member of the AARP Fraud Watch Network yet? If so, you should have already heard about this scam. Don't fall for it! If you want to become a member of the Network, just click here and enroll. There's no cost, and you don't need to be an AARP member to join--it's open to people of all ages. Being an AARP Fraud Watch Network member means you'll hear about scams in your area as well as be able to report them so that your friends and neighbors hear about them too. We want to help stop fraud before it happens. How it Works:
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