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Today, volunteers and staff from every state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have come to Washington to advocate on behalf of AARP members and all older Americans on the crucial issues of family caregiving and Social Security. While meeting with members of Congress, these volunteers and staff will carry crucial asks:

We all like to have choices. Being able to decide where we live and work, what we eat and how we spend our leisure time all enhance life satisfaction.

As Americans sit down together for the Thanksgiving holiday, millions of older Americans and others worry about where their next meal will come from.

AARP Live - November 21, 2013

Here in San Francisco at the American Society on Aging annual conference, "Aging in America," I co-led a peer group session around grandparenting today, along with my friend Donna Butts, the Executive Director of Generations United. The highlight for me was meeting new people and seeing old friends...and getting fired up by their enthusiasm. A few of my inspired colleagues shared what they were up to: