Health & Wellbeing

Virginia residents can schedule new COVID-19 vaccine appointments or walk into a nearby pharmacy to get a shot. Here’s how to find an updated vaccine near you.

See how one area nonprofit is addressing a gap in transportation and making a big difference in their community.

Savings Possible Thanks to the Prescription Drug Law Championed by AARP

Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is the second most common type of progressive dementia. Explore LBD symptoms and helpful strategies for managing LBD.

SNAP is not just for households with children. It’s a federal program that offers assistance to adults of any age having a difficult time affording the food they need to maintain healthy lives. In Virginia, AARP is working to reach older people who may be eligible for these benefits and direct them to call 2-1-1 to sign up.

More than 700,000 Virginians worry every day about where their next meal is coming from.

Walking is widely seen as an effective way to improve your health. If you can do it with others and meet new friends, even better.

Smart goals are the key to a lifestyle for whole health, supporting one’s purpose and resilience.

Reid, the director of exercise physiology and physical performance at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, shared the results of recent studies of the effects of physical activity in older adults.

With Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia on the rise, AARP Virginia is offering free workshops in June to share lifestyle tips aimed at helping people stay mentally sharp throughout their lives. The workshops, both in-person and online during Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, come as an estimated 6.9 million Americans age 65-plus have the disease. Of the current number, an estimated 164,000 live in Virginia, the Alzheimer’s Association says.