Chairman Collins Leads Committee in Examining How Global Drug Traffickers Are Deceiving Seniors to Unknowingly Smuggle Drugs Across International Borders

Washington, D.C. – In an interview published by the Washington Post this weekend, Senator Susan Collins, the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, discussed the Committee’s work to combat scams targeting seniors. 
 

FALMOUTH — The message from Maine’s senior U.S. senator was clear Tuesday morning: the state and the nation must do more for those with Alzheimer’s disease and the people who care for them.

Speaking at the Lunt Auditorium at 74 Lunt Road, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said while Alzheimer’s is “a devastating disease” for the patient, it is also harmful to family members who become caretakers.

“It’s impossible to talk about Alzheimer’s without talking about the caregivers,” Collins said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Senate passed the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, introduced by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), the Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), this evening. The legislation must now be considered by the House of Representatives.

Senior$afe Act of 2015 would put in place a commonsense plan to help protect American seniors from financial fraud. 

Aging Committee Chairman and Ranking Member introduce bill to support collaborative efforts with banks and credit unions to fight fraud  

Americans are very concerned about the risk of identity theft.  A recent Harris Poll found that 70 percent of respondents cited identity theft as among their greatest security-related concerns, ahead of terrorism, personal safety,

  “Families in Maine and around the nation work tirelessly every day to support loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, and this funding is crucial to helping them with those challenges and improving lives,”

  Our parents and grandparents worked hard their entire lives and saved for retirement. Unfortunately, there are criminals who are targeting them and who want to rob them of their hard-earned savings.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor has been awarded $395,243 by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to support clinical research related to neurological disorders.
 

With its magnificent buildings, monuments, and memorials, Washington is a city of inspiring sights. Just as inspiring was the sea of blue t-shirts worn by the more than 160 young delegates to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2015 Children’s Congress who participated in a recent Aging Committee hearing I chaired on how diabetes affects people of all ages and their families, and the importance of research to prevent, treat, and eventually cure this difficult and life-long disease.