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AARP Wisconsin volunteer advocates are still making their voices heard during the pandemic by reaching out to lawmakers the old-fashioned way, through calls, letters and emails.
AARP Wisconsin is supporting two pieces of legislation that would help the state's 580,000 family caregivers. One would create a $1,000 nonrefundable income tax credit to help cover certain expenses. The other would require hospitals to communicate key information to family caregivers.
Some residents’ family and friends have for months reported difficulty in connecting with loved ones in long-term care facilities.
Most LGBT adults worry about having adequate social and family support as they get older.
AARP Wisconsin is gathering stories from older residents about the challenges they face when it comes to affording retirement, paying high prescription drug costs, caregiving for loved ones and other issues.
Lawmakers in Madison listen when AARP volunteers share their personal testimony.
Don Anderson says a state-facilitated retirement savings option would help him keep his nine employees.
AARP is urging lawmakers to create a retirement savings program for employees who don't have access to such plans through their jobs.
The Credit for Caring bill, supported by AARP, would create a $500 tax credit to help cover certain costs family caregivers incur while assisting loved ones.
As advocates for all Wisconsinites as we age, we prefer to look at the Joint Finance Committee’s decision to remove Medicaid expansion from the proposed 2019-21 budget as simply the first mile of a marathon. The race has started, but it's far, far from over.
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