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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GIVING BACK AND CAREGIVING THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. SCOTT FROM AARP KENTUCKY KNOWS
ABOUT BOTH.
ABOUT BOTH. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND
THE MISSION AND HOW CAREGIVING
IS INTEGRATED WITH AARP
KENTUCKY, WHAT IS AARP?
AND WHO IS IT FOR?
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE DAY.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
AARP WAS FOUND AT IN 1958.
IT WAS STARTED TO MAKE SURE AS
WE AGE, ONE HAS THE RESOURCES
THEY NEED TO AGE WELL.
THAT IS WHY THE DOCTOR AND
FOUND HER STARTED AARP.
THE MISSION CONTINUED TODAY TO
MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ALL AGE,
WE HAVE PURPOSE IN THE PROCESS.
AARP KENTUCKY IS ONE OF THE 50
STATE OFFICES ACROSS THE
OUNTRY.
WE
WE HAVE
WE HAVE A
WE HAVE A NATIONWIDE PRESENCE. WE DELIVER INFORMATION AND
RESOURCES WITH VOLUNTEERS TO
MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE
ACROSS THE STATE.
IN KENTUCKY WE HAD ABOUT
445,000 AARP MEMBERS.
WE PUBLISHED AARP MAGAZINE
EVERY MONTH.
EVERY MONTH. AND THE AARP BULLETIN WHICH IS
MY FAVORITE.
MY FAVORITE. A GREAT RESOURCE.
JUST ONE OF THE MANY THINGS
AARP MEMBERS ARE DELIVERED.
SO, AARP, THE MEMBERSHIP WORKS
ROUTINELY IN THE CAPITAL, AND
WASHINGTON DC, WE FIGHT FOR
ADVOCACY AND DEFINITELY ALL OF
THE THINGS EVERYBODY NEEDS AT
AGE 50+.
AGE 50+.
AGE 50+. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DO YOU NO WHAT IS THE AVERAGE
AGE?
AGE?
AGE? LIKE
AGE? LIKE YOU SAID, FROM 50+ BY THE
WAY, I AM ALMOST THERE.
I CERTAINLY WILL BE JOINING AS
A MEMBER, THAT IS FOR SURE.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AGE?
>> I AM NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE
AVERAGE AGE IS, BUT WHAT WE
FIND IS, OUR MEMBERS WANT THESE
RESOURCES.
RESOURCES. IS BASED ON THE LIFECYCLE IF
YOU WILL.
YOU WILL.
YOU WILL. WHERE YOU ARE AT WITH YOUR
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. WHERE YOU ARE AT IN YOUR LIFE.
WHAT YOU NEED AT THAT POINT
WHERE YOU HAVE ADULT CHILDREN.
A CAREGIVER, THE SANDWICH
GENERATION, CARING FOR ADULT
CHILDREN AND YOUR PARENTS.
SO, A VERY DIVERSE RANGE OF AGE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. MEMBERSHIP STARTS AT 50
TECHNICALLY BUT YOU CAN JOIN.
ANYBODY CAN JOIN ANY TIME.,
AND.
AND.
AND. >>
AND. >> YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION BEFORE BECAUSE ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE
ALWAYS THOUGHT OF AARP WAS,
JUST IN MY HEAD, I AM GOING TO
BE LIVING IT'S.
IF I AM GOING TO BE LIVING
UNTIL I AM NO LONGER LIVING,
THAT'S IS REALLY MY IMPRESSION
OF AARP REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. I THINK YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT,
I CAN ENJOY NOW.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD TRY
NO MATTER HOW PEOPLE ARE IN
THEIR LIFE?
THEIR LIFE? THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE.
REGARDLESS.
REGARDLESS. CAREGIVING IS A HUGE PART OF
AARP.
AARP.
AARP. >>
AARP. >> IT HAS TO BE.
WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW TODAY IN
KENTUCKY, SOME 640,000
INDIVIDUALS DELIVERING SOME
SORT OF FAMILY CAREGIVING FOR A
LOVED ONE.
LOVED ONE. TYPICALLY, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
THAT TYPICALLY IT FALLS TO A
FEMALE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AND
HER MID TO LATE 40s.
TAKING CARE OF A MOTHER OR A
FATHER OR A SIBLING.
SO, THAT IS AARP WORKING WITH
CAREGIVING RESOURCES FOR MANY
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. NOT TO PUT A DATE ON IT BUT WE
HAVE EXPERTS.
HAVE EXPERTS. WE HAVE RESOURCES.
WITH RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
AND ADVOCACY.
AND ADVOCACY. PARTICULAR RIGHT NOW DURING
COVID IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
EVER THAT CAREGIVERS GET THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
WHAT YOU WILL HEAR MORE OF
ABOUT AARP KENTUCKY IS THE
OUTREACH WE DO ACROSS KENTUCKY
WITH VOLUNTEERS AND ONLINE AND
ZOOM MEETINGS AND THE SPECIAL
CAREGIVING RESOURCES WE HAVE
FOR AARP VETERANS AND MEMBERS
AND THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
VETERANS.
VETERANS.
VETERANS. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL HEAR FROM CHARLES
WILLIAMS COMING UP IN JUST A
BIT.
BIT.
BIT. DEFINITELY WE WILL ADDRESS
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. I
THAT. I WANT TO GO BACK TO A WORD
THAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I KNOW
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO YOU.
VOLUNTEERS.
VOLUNTEERS. VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE WORLD GO
ROUND IN SO MANY WAYS.
ESPECIALLY AT AARP.
>> YOU KNOW, I AM NOT GOING TO
JOIN THE ARMY BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND A NATIONWIDE AARP
HAS VOLUNTEERS GIVING BACK SO
MUCH MORE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THEY DO TREMENDOUS WORK BECAUSE
WHY?
WHY?
WHY? THEY
WHY? THEY CARE.
THEY CARE. WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THEY
DO GREAT WORK.
>> WE LOVE THAT YOU ARE A PART
OF TODAY'S SHOW.
THE GIVING BACK SHOW, WE WILL
TALK MORE ABOUT CAREGIVING AND
LIKE SCOTT SAID, WE TALK MORE
ABOUT MEMBER VOLUNTEERS WITH
AARP BUT TO CONNECT, THERE IS A
HOST OF RESOURCES.