by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | May 31, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from Wicked Local Newton By Marian Leah Knapp More and more I hear talk about “Livable” and “Age-friendly” communities. I see these terms in newspapers, websites, blogs, and presentations. For many years, I have been intrigued by the ideas underlying...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | May 12, 2016 | Conferences, News and Updates
By the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative web team “What does it take?” That was the question attendees grappled with at the Dementia Friendly Massachusetts Summit on Monday, May 9, 2016.What does it take to build a dementia friendly community—a community that...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | May 3, 2016 | News and Updates
By the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) The concept of healthy aging through community design creates opportunities for municipalities to promote healthy aging by addressing the built environment. It also builds on the widely recognized “8 – 80”...