Mike Festa of AARP Massachusetts highlights AARP's summer 2024 events to help make connections.

Refresh your driving skills in 2019 with the AARP Smart Driver Course

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts    The New Year is a great time to think about improving your driving skills! For more than 30...

Machines say, ‘Make my day.’

Mechanical objects aren’t necessarily terrifying; it’s just that some of us might have been more comfortable in a slightly less technological century. For me, the...
Mike Festa of AARP Massachusetts highlights AARP's summer 2024 events to help make connections.

New AARP Study: Caregivers of people with dementia at greater risk for social isolation,...

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts Results of a recent AARP survey found that caregivers of loved ones with dementia put in longer hours...

Avoid holiday scams this season with the AARP Fraud Watch Network

By Mike Festa State Director, AARP Massachusetts Did you know that someone’s identity gets stolen every two seconds? The AARP Fraud Watch Network provides you with...

A humble manger. Ours.

By Janice Lindsay This is the kind of crèche you buy for the first Christmas of your married life, when you don’t have much money...
Mike Festa of AARP Massachusetts highlights AARP's summer 2024 events to help make connections.

AARP Foundation survey finds neighborhood connections key to countering social isolation

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP, Massachusetts A new survey released by AARP Foundation, “Loneliness and Social Connections: A National Survey of Adults 45 and...
Janice Lindsay reflects on the belief or disbelief in luck.

Lessons from a broken toe

By Janet Lindsay Take my advice: Do not break your toe. You might think, “I have ten toes. What difference does it make if one gets...

Two year legislative formal sessions come to a close

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts The Massachusetts House and Senate wrapped up formal legislative sessions on July 31. AARP Massachusetts fought for the...
Janice Lindsay

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 Photo Submitted S.B. 2455: An Act Removing Fees for Security Freezes and Disclosures of Consumer Credit...