by James Fuccione | Dec 19, 2019 | News and Updates
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative (MHAC) was awarded a two-year grant for $175,000 from Tufts Health Plan Foundation to support the development of additional age- and dementia-friendly communities in the Commonwealth. This is one of nine new community...
by James Fuccione | Dec 19, 2019 | News and Updates
Moving Massachusetts Upstream (MassUP) Initiative: The Health Policy Commission (HPC) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking partnerships between provider and community-based organizations looking to address upstream social, economic, and environmental...
by James Fuccione | Dec 18, 2019 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
Although hospital readmission rates decreased overall in recent years for patients age 65 and older, both the volume and rate of readmissions increase with older patient age groups. For example, patients aged 85 and over had the highest readmission rate in 2018...
by James Fuccione | Dec 18, 2019 | Jobs
Jewish Family & Children’s Service: Guardian Case Manager for Older Adults The Guardianship Program is a well-established program within the Services for Older Adults division of JF&CS. JF&CS is the largest provider of state funded guardianship under...
by James Fuccione | Dec 18, 2019 | News and Updates
The Baker-Polito Administration recently announced a total of $9.5 million for cities, towns and nonprofit organizations to use under the Community Transit Grant Program administered by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The annual competitive...