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Jan 5, 2016Spotlight Selected as Best Picture; Bryan Cranston and Lily Tomlin Score Top Acting Honors Kathy Griffin to Host Annual Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, February 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 5, 2016) — AARP The Magazine has announced the winners of the 15thAnnual Movies for Grownups® Awards, continuing its integral role in awards season with its tradition...
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Dec 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP is announcing the winners of a unique contest that encourages filmmakers to tell the story of family caregiving through short films. The competition was launched as part of...
Dec 22, 2015WASHINGTON, DC— As 2015 comes to a close, AARP celebrates the first of America’s62 million Generation Xers who hit a milestone and turned 50 this year by exploring what is important to them as...
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Dec 18, 2015Package Approved by U.S. House Includes a Victory for Retirement Investors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement on the 2016 federal spending package approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives was issued by Nancy LeaMond, Chief Advocacy & Engagement...
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Dec 15, 2015The Best in 50-Plus Cinema to be Honored at Annual Gala in Los Angeles On Monday, February 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 15, 2015) — The editors of AARP The Magazine today announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards, with Brooklyn, Joy, Love & Mercy, The...
Dec 9, 2015Dementia Care Technology and Innovation Forum Sparks Creative Thinking on an Important Social and Health IssueEn español WASHINGTON, DC—AARP kicked off its recent Dementia Care Technology and Innovation Forum in an inventive way, with a viewing of the musical, TANGLES. This musical by The New Theater...
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Dec 8, 2015
Washington, DC— Today AARP praised Congress for passing, and President Obama for signing into law, the bipartisan Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) which addresses the...
Dec 8, 2015Health Special Report: A Second Chance at Better Health; Fear of Falling: Danger Zones to Watch Out For; A Better Flu Shot This Season; Money Special Report: What Smart Investors Should Know About the Markets in 2016; Scam Alert: Season’s Cheatings; Financially Speaking: Risky Pension Bets; Social Security: No Benefit Hike Coming Next Year; Letter from the CEO: Calling All Candidates to Get Specific on Social Security; A Conversation with…Buzz AldrinWASHINGTON, DC—As December is a time for bringing a close to the year and setting sights on the new year ahead, the December issue of AARP Bulletin highlights ways everyone can prepare for a...
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Dec 7, 2015Proceeds from awards gala will support low-income seniors in Los Angeles area
WASHINGTON D.C. – AARP Foundation today announced the esteemed members of the host committee for the AARP The Magazine’s 15th annual Movies for Grownups Gala. The 2016 host committee will be...
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Dec 3, 2015AARP and AARP Foundation Launch Two “Future of Housing” Award Competitions
WASHINGTON, DC – AARP and AARP Foundation today announced two award competitions during the Future of Housing Summit, a new initiative designed to bring awareness to and find innovative...
Dec 3, 2015Celebrity Cover Interview: Diane Keaton On the Men She Has Loved – And Those Who Got Away Fire In The Sky: A Generation That Will Never Forget The Challenger Disaster Personal Finance: The 7 Deadly Sins of Personal Finance Tech: The Ultimate Guide to Consumer Tech, Gadgets and Apps for the @ 50+ What I Know Now: Actress Blythe Danner Wants to Work Till the Very End Health: For a Fabulous 2016, One Tip: Take It Slow Food and Drink: I’ll Drink to That! Ring in the Holiday Season – Without the HangoverWASHINGTON, DC— In the December/January 2016 issue of AARP The Magazine, readers at home and online will enjoy an exclusive celebrity cover interview with actress Diane Keaton, star of the...
- Dec 1, 2015Read Diane Keaton’s story about her journey to fame and her staying power as an actress in Hollywood.
WASHINGTON, DC—Academy Award® winning actress Diane Keaton grew up the oldest of four in a neighborhood surrounded by orange groves in Santa Ana, California. From a young age, Keaton was...
Nov 24, 201599% of Boomers are planning to travel, many are less concerned about cost, but free Wi-Fi will be popularWASHINGTON, DC — As 2015 starts to wind down, Americans are already starting to make travel plans for 2016. But what are Americans—particularly Baby Boomers—looking for in their 2016 vacations?
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Nov 23, 2015Most people 50 and older believe Thanksgiving Day should be for eating, not shopping
WASHINGTON, DC—With Thanksgiving around the corner, an AARP survey found the refrain in the holiday song “over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go,” may be a bit...
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Nov 23, 2015Driver’s five-year affiliation with Drive to End Hunger helps address senior hunger by providing 34 million meals to nation’s struggling seniors
WASHINGTON, DC – AARP and AARP Foundation issued the following statements after Jeff Gordon, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS,...
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Nov 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC — Today Debra Whitman, PhD, AARP’s Chief Public Policy Officer, spoke at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services public forum on pharmaceutical innovation, access,...
Nov 20, 2015WASHINGTON, DC — Retail prices for over one hundred widely used specialty prescription drugs surged skyward by nearly 11 percent in 2013, surpassing the median income of an American family,...
Nov 19, 2015New Survey Results Released with the Launch of the Global Council on Brain HealthWASHINGTON, DC — In AARP’s latest survey on brain health, it found that nearly three in four (72%) Hispanics age 40-plus are concerned about their brain health declining in the future....
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Nov 16, 2015Visit aarp.org/familycarefair on Thursday, November 19 at 12pm – 4pm EST
WASHINGTON, DC— AARP is hosting its first-ever Virtual Family Caregiving Fair on November 19 from 12pm – 4pm EST. From the comfort of a home or office, a caregiver can register and join the...
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Nov 16, 2015By Richard J. Leider and David Shapiro
WASHINGTON, DC — Work Reimagined (ISBN-13: 978-1-62656-558-6), a concept initiated and developed by Life Reimagined, shows how career paths look nothing like they did in the days before phones...
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Nov 16, 2015Campaign targets millennial media planners and buyers as 50+ demo climbs to 51 percent of all consumer expenditures
NEW YORK, NY – AARP Media Sales today announced the launch of its first week-long takeover marketing campaign aimed at the millennial media planning and buying audience using slang intended to...
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Nov 16, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC — The A. Barry Rand (ABR) Fellows Program announces its inaugural class, dedicated to helping Life Reimagined create new tools and services for individuals undergoing life...
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Nov 16, 2015Important Step Forward to Improve Access to Workplace Savings, says AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule today reaffirming the right of states to adopt retirement savings programs for their private sector workers won quick praise today...
Nov 12, 2015AARP report: Decrease in hospital readmissions suggests Medicare’s readmission reduction program is working even as joint replacement surgeries rise in popularityWASHINGTON, DC — Even as the number of hip and knee replacement surgeries among adults age 50-plus rose dramatically between 2009 and 2013, the hospital readmission rates following these...
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Nov 10, 2015Unaware of Most Common Scams, Consumers’ Actions Place them at Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the holiday giving season approaching, a new survey from the AARP Fraud Watch Network found that 70% of consumers failed a quiz about how to stay safe from common holiday...
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