Home & Family

A guide to the latest public health information, plus where to get groceries, prescriptions, and more.

The AARP HomeFit program was developed to educate attendees on how to navigate all living spaces independently to allow them to remain in their own homes as they age. Participants receive information on how to easily evaluate their own home for “livability” should they themselves or one of their family members become unable to use stairs, or must rely on assistive devices. It is designed help individuals plan for independence, choice, and dignity as they age.

AARP Wisconsin is hosting two free Home Fit workshops in Milwaukee and West Allis this October. The workshops are designed to help you ensure your home is safe and accessible.

To help people continue to live at home as they age, AARP Wisconsin is offering a free HomeFit guide, along with a suggestion that those receiving a tax refund consider investing the money in modifications that can turn their house into a lifelong home.

By Joanne Cleaver

When the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee holds hearings this spring to discuss the biennial budget proposed by Gov. Scott Walker (R), AARP volunteers will be there to support key issues.

By Joanne Cleaver

For many Wisconsin seniors, especially those in rural areas where cell phone service is unreliable or unavailable, having basic telephone landline service can be their only connection to the outside world. Losing that service would be a health and safety issue for these people.

Rent-to-own stores typically offer consumer goods such as appliances, electronics, and furniture at a substantial markup over retail prices. Because these stores charge exorbitantly high interest rates, consumers – especially low-income families – can end up paying 2 to 3 times the value of these products.

AARP and its Wisconsin members have strongly supported Wisconsin’s Family Care program from the very beginning. AARP supported Governor Thompson when he signed the program into law in 1999 as a five-county pilot program to provide for the long-term care needs of our low-income residents.