Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly.
Check out the following articles from the last two months of 2018 (through Jan 7) on the momentum of this movement building across the state.
- The graying of Swampscott (Wicked Local/Swampscott Reporter)
- Mashpee Senior Center – Barnstable County’s Healthy Aging Survey (Mashpee Enterprise)
- All Ages Committee Appointed in Swampscott, Plans for a more Inclusive Community (Daily Item)
- Column: Salem for all ages (Salem News)
- Mass. AARP Names New President (Barnstable Patriot)
- Windsor moves to address isolation of older rural residents (The Berkshire Eagle)
- Health Officials: Average Life Expectancy Rises in Massachusetts (NBC10-Boston)
- Methuen approves housing production plan (The Eagle-Tribune)
- Brookline Select Board Approves Higher Property Taxes (Brookline Patch)
- $20k to Help Answer How to Aid Aging on Cape Ann (Gloucester Times)
- Business Briefs: Villages in the Berkshires Receives Grant (The Berkshire Edge)
- County Will Seek Additional Funds from Island Towns (Vineyard Gazette)
- Healthy Aging Shares Initiatives at Annual Meeting (MV Times)
- Wenham Recognized as ‘Age-Friendly’ by AARP (Wicked Local Hamilton)
- Norwell COA Pushing Towards an ‘Age-Friendly’ Town (Norwell Mariner/Wicked Local Norwell)
- Fund Created to Provide Trips, Activities for Easton’s Veterans (Wicked Local Easton)
- Town, Food Pantry Partner to Better Connect Residents with Services (The Salem News)
- Dalton Senior Center Cuts Ribbon on New Exercise Park (iBerkshires)
- A Delay in Approving School Projects Will Raise Costs (Cape Cod Times)
- Dementia Friendly Community Means ‘Treating People with Kindness’ (South Coast Today)
- Town Needs Renovated Senior Center (Andover Townsman)
- The Burgeoning Trend of Age-Friendly States (Forbes/Next Avenue)
- Salem Creates Website to Serve Elders (Boston Globe)
- A Salute to Veterans at Dennis-Yarmouth High School (Wicked Local Dennis)