Insights for Aging Services Professionals

BenefitsCheckUp Helps You Connect Older Adults to Benefits with Speed, Flexibility
Since its launch in 2001, our BenefitsCheckUp® tool has matched older adults with benefits programs based on their location and financial situation. Thanks to some recent improvements, this tool is more user-friendly than ever. Whether they need help for themselves or someone they know, older adults can find information faster and easier with the latest changes.
See what we improved
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Ramsey Alwin named to 2025 Power and Influence Top 50 by The NonProfit Times
Described as "a force that can’t be ignored by elected officials and agencies that provide services,” NCOA President and CEO Ramsey Alwin is on this list for a second consecutive year.
Find out what earned her this recognition
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Tips and Tools for Helping Older Adults

YouTube videos teach Medicare basics
Our new videos offer a clear and concise overview of key Medicare topics. They are perfect to help you or a client understand health care options. Use and share them any time!
Watch the videos
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Helping adults with vision loss stay engaged
Staying active and engaged is essential for maintaining health, happiness, safety, and independence in adults with vision loss. Learn how to help your clients with vision loss shift from saying "I can't do this because I can't see" to "Let's figure out a way to do it."
Use these tips
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Recruit students for healthy aging networks
Some CDSME and falls prevention grantees are finding success incorporating students as hands-on learners who support enrichment activities and increasing program capacity.
Get the 7 strategies
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Bipartisanship is Fueling Support for Aging Services in the Senate
Senators Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Blunt-Rochester, D-Del., have introduced a bill to reauthorize and fund the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) for 5 years.
MIPPA helps low-income Medicare beneficiaries afford their Medicare plans and funds important work by the aging services network. This bill shows both sides of the political aisle recognize MIPPA's value.
Read more about the bill
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