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2 days ago | aarp.org | Beth Howard

The man was an attorney and a former marine. He had never danced before. When he first walked into Dance for PD, a New York City–based group that provides dance instruction to people with Parkinson’s disease, it was all new to him. Despite his stiffness and gait problems, he took well to the classes, particularly tap dancing. “One day, he came to class and said, ‘I’m ready to show you the routine I’ve been working on,’  ” remembers David Leventhal, the program’s co-founder.

4 days ago | aarp.org | Diane di Costanzo

What’s Your Biggest Retirement Mistake?

5 days ago | aarp.org | Mark Bittman |Kate Bittman

When summer rolls around, it can sometimes feel like a bit of a jolt — if you live in the Northeast, like I do, it can happen so fast that I’ll find myself peering into my closet in disbelief that I was actually wearing that hoodie just a couple days before — the horror!That being said, I’m a fan of summer. I feel the cold weather in my bones, and I’m always happy for a chance to thaw out. Especially when that opportunity brings endless vegetable options along with it.

1 week ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Not for you. The money you put into Social Security is a tax on earnings that helps pay for a national retirement and disability benefit. It’s not held in an account in your name, it doesn’t come back to you with interest when you retire, and unused contributions don’t revert to your family when you die (although they may be able to draw survivor benefits if you were receiving or eligible for Social Security payments)​. Instead, Social Security operates as a pay-as-you-go system.

1 week ago | aarp.org | Andre Ellington

It’s an intergenerational music affair as the offspring of iconic rock band the Beatles have teamed up to release new music together. Ringo Starr’s oldest son, drummer Zak Starkey, 59, along with John Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon, 49, and Paul McCartney’s son, James McCartney, 47, recently shared a lengthy snippet of their first collaborative single, “Rip Off,” on Instagram, and we have to admit, it sounds a bit reminiscent of the Beatles.