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Doing what you can

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes    “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I...

In service of others

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever...
Mike Festa

AARP Massachusetts urges Congress to address continuing needs of older Americans

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts As coronavirus cases and deaths continue rising, including nearly 100,000 resident and staff deaths in U.S. ​nursing homes...

Reverse mortgages: ‘The Times They Are a Changin’

By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Managing Director For those Bob Dylan fans and casual listeners, the timeless anthem “The Times They Are...
Mike Festa of AARP Massachusetts highlights AARP's summer 2024 events to help make connections.

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...
Janice Lindsay discusses all of her things that go "beep."

Finding the inner artist

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer An artist friend gave me a card that says, “We are all artists even if we don’t know how to...
Mike Festa

AARP Massachusetts applauds passage of ‘An Act Promoting A Resilient Health Care System That...

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts Boston - AARP Massachusetts is pleased to report that Governor Baker signed into law Senate Bill No. 2984...
Janice Lindsay discusses all of her things that go "beep."

Time for a spot of tea

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer One cold dark morning, in spite of everything, I woke up. The news of the world was disturbing. Wars and suffering....
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes writes about "the otherness" of aging.

Gifts of wisdom at the holidays

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes   “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but...
Janice Lindsay

Weed Removal Therapy

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer The far end of our back yard is a bog. The house sits on a slight rise. Behind it, maybe...