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  AARP Awards Four Virginia Organizations with Community Grants as Part of Record-Breaking Nationwide Program

  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.
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  Social Security Expedites Decisions for People with Severe Disabilities

  Agency Adds to Compassionate Allowances List
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  On Social Security’s 85th Anniversary, Survey Finds Nearly All Americans View Social Security as an Important Program

  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.
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  A Tragic Tale of COVID-19

  By Larry Lipman, AUG 10, 2020

  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.
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  Six Questions to Ask VA Facilities during COVID-19:

  Has anyone in a VA contracted nursing facility or in the state’s Veterans’ Homes tested positive for COVID-19?
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  AARP Virginia Invites U.S. Senate Race Candidates to The People’s Debate

  RICHMOND _ AARP Virginia has invited Dr. Daniel Gade and U.S. Senator Mark Warner to face off on Tuesday, October 13 at The People’s Debate, which will be offered to television stations statewide as well as live-streamed.
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  5 Questions to Ask Before Visiting a Nursing Home

  As COVID-19 restrictions ease in Virginia, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are preparing to resume in-person visits for families. Visits won’t be the same as before the pandemic, at least until the threat of coronavirus has passed. There may be limits on when, where and for how long you can see loved ones, and distancing rules will likely be in place.
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  Building Resilience in the Time of Pandemic

  By Linda Lindberg, JUL 2, 2020

  2020 is only half over, but so far it has been a year of many unexpected hardships, changes, and adjustments to our normal way of life. Resilience is the capacity to overcome difficulties, and in a timely webinar on June 24, Dr. Madelyn Blair shared insights with about 30 participants on how to achieve personal resilience.
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  How to Avoid COVID-19 Fraud

  Ways to Stay Informed:
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  QUALIFYING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME WITH SOCIAL SECURITY

  We pay monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to people with disabilities who have low income and few resources, and people who are age 65 or older without disabilities who meet the financial limits.