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...
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is now an Age-Friendly State
Governor Charlie Baker has announced that Massachusetts has joined the network of AARP Age-Friendly States and the World Health Organization Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. We thank Governor Baker for his leadership on this issue of importance to Bay State residents of all ages.
AARP’s Tax-Aide program provides older adults free tax help
Tax filing season is upon us, and AARP can help! Approaching its 50th year, Tax-Aide offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who can’t afford a tax preparation service.
Sometimes you get sunflowers
One raw, late-winter day many years ago, arborists took down a grand, ancient pine in our yard. I don’t remember all of our reasons for this but, once it was cut, signs of internal rot made it clear that the tree would have come down anyway, probably tumbling huge limbs onto somebody’s house. The decision to cut it down had been a good one.
Congressional two-step: Cut taxes, then entitlements
Elder rights groups are warning that the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1) will be financed by gutting entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.
AARP Supports the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act
Across America, family caregivers help parents, spouses, children and adults with disabilities and other loved ones to live independently. They prepare meals, handle finances, manage medications, drive to doctors’ appointments, help with bathing and dressing, and perform complex medical tasks and more — all so loved ones can live at home.
My cloak of invisibility
One chilly, blustery day, I was browsing in a bookshop when a willowy young woman breezed in. I immediately noticed that she wasn’t dressed appropriately for the weather. More than that, in my opinion, she wasn’t dressed appropriately for any public viewing: flimsy, slippery beige T-shirt clinging too revealingly to her torso, her tiny black skirt like two napkins stitched together, long bare legs, model-perfect make-up, every hair in her puffy dark bob in its assigned position.
