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NOV 4, 2025
Today, 63 million Americans — including our own Virgin Islanders — step up as family caregivers, helping older parents, spouses, and other loved ones live independently at home rather than in costly nursing homes. These everyday heroes hold up a broken long-term care system, managing medications, preparing meals, helping with bathing and dressing, and more. In the Virgin Islands alone, family caregivers provide thousands of hours of care each year, worth an exceptional amount in unpaid labor.
OCT 29, 2025
On October 28, 2025, Troy de Chabert-Schuster proudly testified before the 36th Legislature's Committee on Health, Hospitals, and Human Services, championing important amendments to the Caregivers Leave Act (Bill No. 36-0086). This proposed legislation is an exciting step forward, ensuring that all full-time employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including those working with independent boards, commissions, and agencies, receive four hours of administrative leave every month to fulfill their essential caregiving responsibilities for a seriously ill spouse, child, parent, or any legal dependent.
OCT 21, 2025
We are excited to announce that Social Security celebrated its 90th anniversary in August! To commemorate this milestone, AARP VI has rescheduled a special event on St. Croix for Saturday, November 8th, from 10 AM to 2 PM—and you’re warmly invited!
OCT 23, 2025
Join AARP VI on November 13th at Caribbean Cinemas for a FREE screening of "Now You See Me 3." The third installment in the Now You See Me series, titled Now You See Me: Now You Don't, follows the original Four Horsemen as they reunite to recruit three skilled illusionists for a high-stakes heist. The plot revolves around the theft of the world's largest queen diamond from a powerful crime syndicate. The film promises to deliver mind-bending magic, intricate planning, and a thrilling climax.
OCT 31, 2025
As of November 1, 2025, millions of Americans—including many older Virgin Islanders—may not receive their monthly food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. This disruption affects individuals living on fixed incomes, many of whom rely on SNAP to afford groceries and maintain their health.
If you visited the AARP Virgin Islands booth at the Agricultural Fair in February, you were given information about the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the survey that is being done in the territory. The BRFSS is a project within the VI Department of Health’s Chronic Disease Prevention Program which is tasked with compiling health studies on various topics. The studies are completed using data received from Virgin Islands residents. The studies are very important to the territory as a whole. They are used for a variety of purposes including: 1) to help the Department of Health identify community health needs 2) to help apply for various health grants 3) to help policy makers make decisions based on the actual needs of the community and 4) to identify the types of health care personnel that the territory needs to recruit.
“The consumer has more power than they think,” stated Devin Carrington, the Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) at a recent Town Hall meeting on St. Thomas, “Too often we depend on the government to do everything, but we, as consumers need to work in solidarity and not allow businesses to provide us with products or services that are not up to standard.”
English En un movimiento sorpresa, el Gobernador de las Islas Vírgenes Kenneth E. Mapp vetó el proyecto de ley de Cuidado o en ingles CARE (proyecto de ley Nº 31-0237) a finales de marzo citando numerosas preocupaciones como justificación para su veto. La oficina de AARP Islas Virgenes recibió la notificación del veto, el sábado 26 de marzo durante el fin de semana de días feriados y comemoraciones de Pascua.
En Español In a surprise move, Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp vetoed the Caregiving Bill (Bill Number 31-0237) late in March citing numerous concerns as justification for his veto. The AARP VI office received notification of the veto on Saturday, March 26 in the middle of the Easter Holiday weekend.
Tracy Sanders, RN, MN, CNS
Tracy Sanders, RN, MN, CNS
What started out in the Virgin Islands as a handful of AARP members interested in getting some sexy exercise has grown to over a couple dozen men and women who anxiously anticipate their Zumba Gold classes.
English Muchos de nosotros sabemos que el cuidado es una tarea difícil que puede ser físicamente tediosa, emocionalmente agotadora, e increíblemente exasperante. Los que saben estarían de acuerdo en que puede ser una de las cosas más difíciles que uno puede hacer durante su vida.
English Después de casi un año de la interacción con el senador de primera vez Kurt Vialet, el proyecto de ley de las Islas Vírgenes CARE, Aconsejar, Señalar y Posibilitar a los Cuidadores, fue aprobada por unanimidad por la Comisión Plenaria y se dirigió al gobernador para su firma a ley.
English El gobernador Kenneth E. Mapp se reunió con la Cámara de Comercio de Santa Cruz el jueves 11 de febrero para proveer las últimas noticias a los propietarios de negocios y personas interesadas sobre su visión, sobre logros en Santa Cruz, y para realzar algunos proyectos propuestos en Christiansted y Frederiksted. Se trataron los siguientes temas:
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