Viewpoint by Janice Lindsay
By Janice Lindsay
(Photo Janice Lindsay, Photo Submitted)
Sound the alarm. Or not.
Uh, oh. We had a crack in our downstairs bathtub.
Correction: I thought we had...
Credit freeze bill clears the Senate
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts Photo Mike Festa
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S.B. 2455: An Act Removing Fees for Security Freezes and Disclosures of Consumer Credit...
Viewpoint by Janice Lindsay
The snake and I
By Janice Lindsay
(Photo Janice Lindsay, Photo Submitted)
We’ve often had garter snakes in our garage, but we never had one as bold...
AARP announces free shred events in communities through August
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
(Photo Mike Festa, Photo Submitted)
The AARP Fraud Watch Network arms Massachusetts residents, and all Americans, with the tools...
Cranky consumer lady speaks up
By Janice Lindsay
Cranky Consumer Lady buys two nifty stainless steel water bottles with plastic sports caps from a popular outdoors-oriented catalogue company.
She keeps one...
Credit freeze bill clears the senate
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
S.B. 2455: An Act Removing Fees for Security Freezes and Disclosures of Consumer Credit Reports
Consumers are now one...
Majority of LGBT adults concerned about social support and discrimination in long-term care
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
 When it comes to aging-related concerns, older LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) adults worry most about having...
Viewpoint by Janice Lindsay
Visit the past. Its safer.
For this column, I delve into the past. I need a vacation from the present, which I find a...
Making life better for people with dementia and their caregivers
By Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
A top priority for the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) is promoting...
Credit freeze bill closer to passage
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Consumers are now two steps closer to having meaningful protections from identity theft.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives recently passed An...