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  • Dec 11, 2020
    Social Security, Medicare, Nursing Home Protections Are Key Issues

    Today AARP Georgia released a new survey of likely Georgia voters showing both U.S. Senate races statistically tied, with Democrat Jon Ossoff (48%) narrowly leading Republican incumbent David Perdue (46%) and Democrat Raphael Warnock (47%) edging Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler (46%). But among voters age 50-plus, the poll shows both the Republican candidates lead their Democratic challenger by identical margins, 53% for Perdue and Loeffler versus 42% for Ossoff and Warnock.

  • Dec 10, 2020
    Infections of nursing home residents and staff doubled over a four-week period

    WASHINGTON— A new AARP analysis shows that COVID-19 cases, deaths, and staffing shortages in nursing homes are at the highest levels since June 1. National rates of COVID-19 among both residents and staff have doubled in the four weeks ending November 15, with resident cases increasing from 2.8 to 5.7 per 100 residents, and staff cases increasing from 2.7 to 5.4 per 100 staff members.

  • Dec 9, 2020

    AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer Nancy A. LeaMond issues a statement in response to ongoing COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution planning

  • Dec 1, 2020
    Golden Globe® Award-Winning Actor Glenn Close to be Presented with Honorary Award; AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins, Purpose Prize Jury Member Sherry Lansing Will Join Host Lisa Ling in Honoring 2021 Winners

    WASHINGTON – AARP will recognize the 2021 Purpose Prize Award recipients and fellows during a live streaming event Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7:00 p.m. ET. AARP’s Purpose Prize is the only national...

  • Special Edition Cover Story -- ‘AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY: Nursing Homes and the Pandemic’
    Dec 1, 2020
    16-page Investigative Report Provides an Insider Look at How 54,000 People Died in Just 18 Weeks in America’s Long-Term Care Facilities, and Exactly Who is to Blame

    Less than 1% of America’s population live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, but shockingly, over 40% of all COVID-related deaths have occurred there. Calling this “the crisis within the crisis,” AARP Bulletin this month publishes an expansive and explosive investigative report on exactly what happened in the first four months of the pandemic (spanning March through June of this year) to cause as many nursing home deaths in just 18 weeks as there were U.S. fatalities in roughly 18 years of the Vietnam War.

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