First Lady Talks About How Health Care Reform Issues Affect Older Women
Great to see Michelle Obama addressing how the health care crisis has affected older women, and how insurance reform can benefit them. She says: "Our entire lives as women, we are asked to bear much of the responsibility for our family's health and well-being, and yet we often face special challenges when it comes to our own health insurance." Couldn't have said it better myself. Check out the whole speech below.

Happy Holidays from AARP
As the holiday season is upon us, check out the Holidays 2009 section of our website for a slew of recipes, gift guides, advice for holiday traveling and a guide on entertaining your guests for holiday parties. Some features you might want to check out are Martina Navratilova's tips on eating healthy during the season, great winter deals for vacationing,and Joanne Weir's Thanksgiving recipe for

Thanksgiving Eve and the Family's All Here
I've been seeing a lot of news stories - from Good Morning America segments to this story on the Wall Street Journal's site - about the increase in "boomerang kids," that is, adult children who are moving back home to their parents' home amid the recession. Now, as excited as I am to head home for Thanksgiving, I don't have any desire to be "under my dad's roof" again any time soon... But according to the WSJ and a Pew Research survey, one in ten adults ages 18-35 have moved back in with mom and dad because of the poor economy. That seems like a lot of boomerangs!

Robots to assist older folks with home care?
A cool concept, no? The University of Auckland in New Zealand is looking into the possibility of creating inexpensive robots to assist older individuals with home care as they age. But first, they are doing research what older people's perceptions are of robots in the first place. Scoop Independent News has the scoop: The study at Selwyn Retirement Village in Pt Chevalier gathered the opinions of residents, their families and staff on what

Health Care Reform and Home Aid
Check out U.S. Reps. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. give their thoughts to Inside E Street about an initiative that would help older people with disabilities receive care in their homes, The CLASS (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports) Act.