Big wins for the aging population in 2024
By Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director
As we approach the end of the year, AARP Massachusetts has lots to celebrate. From comprehensive long-term care...
Simplify, simplify
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
“Our life is frittered away by details…Simplify, simplify,” said Henry David Thoreau, 19th-century Concord philosopher.
Never mind that while Henry was simplifying...
Supporting family caregivers in the Bay State
By Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director
November is National Family Caregivers month. More than 48 million family caregivers—1 in 5 voters—help older parents, spouses,...
Of mice and me
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
A couple of Decembers ago, when men at the service station opened the hood of my car to check the air...
What do you expect?
By Marianne Lyons Delorey, Ph.D.
According to demographers, the American population is older now than it has ever been. The whole of society is adapting...
The Influence of Older Voters in the 2024 Election
By Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director
AARP has a long and proud history of non-partisan voter engagement. While we do not make endorsements or...
One woman, one vote
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
My great-grandmother, whom I remember well, was six years old in 1868 when the U.S. Constitution was amended to give men...
Pondering travels
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
Why do people travel? Why do we leave our familiar surroundings and the comfort of families and friends to venture into...
Order up!
By Marianne Lyons Delorey, Ph.D.
A long time ago, I worked closely with an older resident named Lucille whose dementia was severe and fairly all...
Phoning Mother Nature
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
At first I thought I was speaking with Mother Nature herself. I had phoned Mother Nature’s Florist and a woman answered....
