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Older workers may choose to or need to continue working. However, they face discrimination based on age, especially in layoffs and hiring.
Income earned through employment is the foundation of most people’s savings and retirement income.
These principles reflect AARP’s vision for reforming the financing and delivery of long-term services and supports (LTSS) to promote consumer independence, choice, dignity, autonomy, and privacy.
U.S. House members and state representatives are elected by district. Those districts are updated each decade after the census in a process known as redistricting.
States should create a transparent and nonpartisan redistricting process. This process should be led by independent and diverse commissions that include representatives of groups.
The high cost of long-term services and supports (LTSS) causes many older adults to fear impoverishment, becoming a burden to their families, or both.
In 2020, 38.9 million adults provided unpaid care to an adult family member or friend with health or functional needs.
Federal and state governments should ensure that long-term services and supports (LTSS) programs cover services that support and supplement caregiving by relatives, friends, and neighbors.