Older adults embrace online social networks

On the Inside by Kathleen S. Connell

    I head a story recently of an 80-year-old who was given an iPad because the only way she was going to see her granddaughter’s wedding pictures was online. Believe it or not, some people getting married these days don’t print wedding pictures. It’s a fact of life that other family events – births, graduations, anniversaries, vacations – get photographed digitally and shared only on Facebook or just e-mailed to the rest of the family.

AARP tells Congress to protect benefits

On the Inside by Kathleen S. Connell

    For more than 50 years, AARP has been fighting to ensure older Americans have affordable health care and financial security in retirement. We are committed to protecting and strengthening Medicare and Social Security so today’s Rhode Island seniors and future generations will get the benefits they’ve earned through their lifetimes of paying into the system.

AARP survey shows Rhode Islanders care

On the Inside by Kathleen S. Connell

    We seniors were born decades before the “Information Age,” but it certainly is the era in which we now live. The abundance of and access to vast amounts of information is generally a good thing. But we all recognize the downside is that we’re bombarded by relentless media messages day in and day out.

Social Security solvency is critical for U.S.

On the Inside by Kathleen S. Connell

    When it comes to Social Security, I have been thinking often of the Chinese proverb that has come to stand for making a profound understatement: We live in interesting times.

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