Become a volunteer advocate for AARP Massachusetts
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
AARP Massachusetts has been hard at work building and training a special group of volunteers to join our...
Securing retirement income: Look beyond ‘the number’
By Joseph McManus, RICP®, Financial Planner, Prudential Advisors
Today's challenging economic environment has forced many Americans to review their retirement planning goals with a more...
I have been an imposter
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
For years now, I’ve been writing about aging, but I was in my 40s. I know...
Strike back against robocalls
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Robocalls—autodialed calls that play a recorded message when you answer—have legitimate uses. But as the technology has gotten...
Safety monitoring of a loved one diagnosed with dementia
By Micha Shalev, Co-owner of The Oasis at Dodge Park
We get news every day of remarkable developments in the tech world that claim to...
Reverse mortgage – Feeling anxious?
By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Charitable Managing Director
Information you can trust
As Managing Director of the nonprofit charitable mortgage company, Helping Hands...
Dementia prevention and physical activity
By Dr. Keith Darrow, PhD, Hearing & Balance Centers of New England
Prevention is only available “treatment” for the mind robbing diseases of cognitive decline...
Moving into a long term care facility
By Micha Shalev
Part one of this series appeared in the April issue of the Fifty Plus Advocate. Part two appeared in the May issue...
The grace of forgetting
By Marianne Delorey
“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“To be able to forget means sanity.” Jack London
People who...
Recharge your driving skills with AARP Driver Safety
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Spring is upon us! The warmer weather means more cars, bikes and pedestrians on our roads and it’s...
