AARP MA awards organizations grants to make their communities more livable
BY MIKE FESTA, STATE DIRECTOR, AARP MASSACHUSETTS
On June 29, 2022, AARP Massachusetts announced that it would be awarding several organizations across the Bay State...
Physical Distancing Does Not Have to Mean Social Disconnection
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Even in the best of times, social isolation is a significant problem. In Massachusetts, 540,250 people over the...
After the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: So what now!!
By Micha Shalev, Co-owner of The Oasis at Dodge Park, Dodge Park Rest Home and The Adult Day Club at Dodge Park
“Are you kidding...
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...
AARP helping to make sense of money matters in March
By Mike Festa, AARP Massachusetts State Director
With a new year and tax season upon us, a lot of us start to think about money...
Sleep problems in individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
By Micha Shalev
Persons with Alzheimer's disease often appear to sleep less or sometimes, more. Sleep problems may be caused by pain, medication, lack of...
Toothpicks
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
I am always impressed by people who build miniature works of art and engineering – my...
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...
Back-to-school envy
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Do other grown-ups gaze longingly at the “School Supplies” store shelves at this time of year?
All those lovely blank notebooks...
AARP Massachusetts keeping an eye out for fraud
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
All of us at AARP are proud of all the work The AARP Fraud Watch Network does. The...
