Intergenerational Fitness Duo Denise and Katie Austin promote ‘Fit & Fun Health Challenge’
The state of fitness among adults 50 plus doesn’t look good. According to a new AARP survey, just 1 in 5 adults gets the recommended amount of physical activity they should although they know exercise is the key to optimal health. The recommended amount of exercise is 150 minutes per week, but only 17% of Americans over age 50 say they get the minimum and 26% don’t exercise at all. To help people get active and improve their overall health, the …
AARP Foundation Sues CA Nursing Facility Chain for Alleged ‘Patient Dumping’
AARP Foundation has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 82-year old nursing facility resident Gloria Single against Pioneer House nursing facility, RHF Foundation, and their corporate affiliates, charging that they illegally dumped her into a hospital. The suit contends that the defendants are willfully violating a State order requiring that they allow her to return home and seeks an injunction so she can return to Pioneer House to be with her 93-year old husband, who still lives there. Ms. Single …
2017 AARP Purpose Prize™ winners announced
AARP recently announced the five winners of the AARP Purpose Prize™. The AARP Purpose Prize™ recognizes outstanding work by people age 50 and over that is focused on advancing social good. The winners of the 2017 AARP Purpose Prize Award are: Cynthia Barnett, founder and CEO, Amazing Girls Science, Norwalk, Conn. Retired high school administrator Barnett was disappointed to see girls losing interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), so she created Amazing Girls Science. Through activities like coding …
AARP CEO named to The NonProfit Times ‘Power & Influence Top 50’ List
For the fifth consecutive year, The NonProfit Times (NPT) is honoring CEO Jo Ann Jenkins as one of their “Power & Influence Top 50.” The annual list honors non-profit executives and strategists who have distinguished themselves as “initiators of concepts that will have legs and are already having impact.” According to NPT, “the 2017 honorees were selected from a group of about 300 top executives. A committee of NPT staff, contributors and a few executives plugged in to executive movement were involved …
There’s a New Girlfriend on the Block, AARP launches Newest E-Newsletter
Nowadays, you’re lucky to find a publication that really gets you. Millennial women have Buzzfeed and Refinery 29 and Boomer women have AARP The Magazine. But for the Gen X Woman, the search may not be easy. To reach this overlooked population of women; AARP recently announced the launch of “The Girlfriend,” a new sassy and savvy digital publication for today’s 40-plus woman. The free weekly newsletter will feature short and snappy essays, which cover everything from pop culture and the …
