Are you at a point in your life where you are asking, “What’s next?” You have finished one chapter, and you have yet to write the next one. Many seniors face these transitions at midlife, but they can happen to anyone at any stage. It’s a time of great potential, defining a whole new phase of life. It˙s called Life [...]
Doug Dickerson is State Director of AARP North Carolina. He joined AARP after a decorated 21-year career in the military and holds an MBA from Duke University and a Masters Degree in international affairs from Boston University. Attention shoppers: If you are in the market for an affordable health insurance plan because you are uninsured or had to buy your [...]
Restaurants Arby’s: 50% off drinks (55+) Ben & Jerry’s: discount varies by location (60+) Boston Market: 10% off (65+) Burger King: 10% Chick-Fil-A: free small drink/or coffee w/ purchase of an item (55+) CiCi’s Pizza: free drink with buffet (60+) Denny’s: 20% off for AARP members and offers senior menu (55+) Dunkin Donuts: 10% off any size coffee (55+) Fuddrucker’s: [...]
SHIIP Winners: (l-r) Ed Regan, Dyana Morgan, SHIIP Deputy Commissioner Van Braxton, Joe Buckner and Jeannie Schepisi accepting award on behalf of Carmen Long Four statewide awards from SHIIP, the Department of Insurance’s Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program, were presented April 18 during the North Carolina Association on Aging conference in Raleigh by SHIIP Deputy Commissioner Van Braxton. • SHIIP [...]
James A. Wall, Sr. Former hospital executive and CEO James A. Wall, Sr., of Oxford, has been appointed as AARP North Carolina’s new state president to lead thousands of volunteers from across the state working to improve the well-being of North Carolinians age 50 and above. Wall has served in executive positions at Duke Medical Center, New Jersey Medical School/University [...]
By Sam Matthews, Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem The Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program or SHIIP is a consumer information division of the North Carolina Department of Insurance that helps Medicare beneficiaries with Medicare, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, Medicare fraud and abuse, and long-term care insurance questions. The program was founded in 1986 in direct response to the growing concerns [...]
AARP’s Decide. Create. Share.SM campaign is designed to help women in their 40s to 60s take steps today to be adequately prepared for a safe and healthy tomorrow. • Decide what kind of future you envision. • Create a plan that will help you achieve those goals. • Share that plan with the people in your life. AARP-NC is conducting [...]
By Kaitlyn Aiello, High Point University Intern Kathy DeClue was battling leukemia when her brother donated stem cells to save her life. She found a home away from home at SECU House where she stayed during her 100-day, post-transplant recovery time. The State Employees Credit Union’s Family House in Winston-Salem and Chapel Hill, not unlike the Ronald McDonald House [...]
By Bridgette A. Lacy for AARP When the N.C. Utilities Commission announced in February that Progress Energy would only receive about half of the rate increase the company requested, Wilmington resident Sonya Bennetone said “Any increase is going to impose a hardship on the residents who can least afford it.” Progress Energy and the Public Staff of the Utilities Commission [...]
Wayne Goodwin is North Carolina Insurance Commissioner The details, options and deadlines surrounding Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans still confuse many people. Some Medicare beneficiaries may have kept their PDP simply so you wouldn’t have to worry about the six-week annual election period. However, they may have now discovered that some of the drugs that were covered last year [...]
