AARP Virginia

The first time I voted was in 1968 when Richard Nixon was running against Hubert Humphrey. I was a young woman married to my husband who was in the Army in Vietnam. I was living at home with my parents in Philadelphia while he served overseas. It was an intense time in the country, as the nation was polarized about the war and so was I. There were protests everywhere, including in Philadelphia. I remember watching the horrific pictures of the war in the evenings with my parents and thinking how unjust and awful this war was but also praying that my husband would survive the war and we would be united again.

RICHMOND, VA – With states reporting critical shortages of poll workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission has designated September 1, 2020 as National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.

Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia Department of Forestry present this educational workshop on estate planning for landowners.

Dr. Daniel Gade and U.S. Senator Mark Warner will face off on Tuesday, October 13 at The People’s Debate, which will be offered to television stations statewide as well as live-streamed.

Four Virginia organizations will receive 2020 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest number of grantees to date with more than $2.4 million awarded among 184 organizations nationwide.

Agency Adds to Compassionate Allowances List

The Alzheimer's Association will facilitate an online discussion aimed at giving people a better understanding of how Alzheimer's Disease and dementia impact brain health, elder abuse, and law enforcement. Alzheimer's & Law Enforcement - Understanding Dementia Behaviors to Ensure Peaceful Interactions will feature law enforcement officials and health experts who will explore how these issues relate to those with dementia and those caring for loved ones with the disease.

A new AARP survey, released in conjunction with Social Security’s 85th anniversary, confirms that Americans highly value Social Security, and even more so due to the pandemic.

Are you interested in living a healthy and happy lifestyle as you age? If so, you may want to sign up for the 2020 “virtual” Art of Healthy Aging Summer Series. Hosted by the Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, this three-part event intends to bring you various resources related to health, safety, security, nutrition, and joyful living. You’ll be able to attend on the following dates: Wednesday, August 19; Wednesday, September 9; and Wednesday, September 30. On each date, you can join by simply going to www.ssseva.org and clicking on the homepage link for SUMMER SERIES. If you are unable to join during those dates, you can check your city’s public access television station for program availability after the original air dates.

For Lori Pastro, Aunt Maria was more like a second mother than some distant relative. That’s why her death from COVID-19 in late May, in the same nursing home where Pastro’s mother had died of pneumonia only four months earlier, hit so hard.