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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 conveyed a message to legislators at budget hearings this spring: The state could save money and help more older people live at home by investing moderate amounts in services for the aging and support for family caregivers. The idea is to reduce reliance on more expensive programs, such as Medicaid-funded nursing home care.
Just a reminder that open enrollment for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace ends on Monday, March 31. If you don’t have health coverage, you can sign up through the end of this month and avoid a penalty.
With temperatures dipping below zero for weeks at a time, could this Wisconsin winter have been any worse?
Would you walk away from $20 or more, month after month after month? Probably not, yet two-thirds of eligible Wisconsin seniors do just that by not claiming their FoodShare benefits.
Last year, 750 AARP Tax-Aide volunteers in communities across Wisconsin helped over 43,500 Wisconsinites fill out their tax returns, resulting in refunds totaling more than $26 million.
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