Mac users: Increase text size by holding command and +. Decrease text size by holding command and -.To inform the ReiMAgine Aging; Year 3 Progress Report, which will look to capture the incredible age- and dementia friendly work of 2021, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is joining the Executive Office of Elder Affairs in asking its statewide network and partners to complete this survey by January 28th. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging
There are always opportunities to access education and training that can help your community or organization become more age- and dementia friendly. Check out the following events listed below:
AARP Policy Institute Advocates for Research and Policy Change to Improve Medication Literacy
In a “spotlight” research report, AARP’s Public Policy Institute advocates for separating medication literacy from health literacy as 86 percent of adults ages 65 and older regularly take at least one prescription medication and the average Medicare beneficiary takes 4.6 prescriptions per month. Continue reading
‘Hybrid Engagement Hub’ Promotes Tools for Running Remote and In-Person Meetings
As age-and dementia friendly communities, municipal partners and other stakeholders continue to engage the public to accommodate those attending in-person and remote, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) developed the “Hybrid Engagement Hub” with tools to help make those meetings successful. Continue reading
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Shared Streets & Spaces, Commonwealth Places, Mass Cultural Council
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is excited to promote a fourth round of the Shared Streets & Spaces Grant Program from the Mass. Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
The program, which awards bonus points for projects that are inclusive of older adults, provides funding to municipalities and public transit authorities to quickly implement improvements to plazas, sidewalks, curbs, streets, bus stops, parking areas, and other public spaces in support of public health, safe mobility, and strengthened commerce. Continue reading
NADTC Releases Guidebook to Help Communities Create Transportation Committees that Reflect Community Voices
Many age-friendly communities identify “transportation” as a priority issue in order to support people of all ages in a city, town or region.
The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) compiled a guidebook called “Creating a Transportation Committee that Reflects All Community Voices” to serve as a helpful resource to groups, including age-friendly coalitions, who are considering creating a transportation committee for the first time and transportation agencies who are looking to help their current committee increase its effectiveness. Continue reading
‘Emergency Broadband Benefit Program’ Transitions to the New “Affordable Connectivity Program”
On December 31, the FCC launched the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). This program, created by Congress in the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, is a longer-term replacement for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program.
Communities working to become age- and dementia friendly are encouraged to promote this opportunity to help ensure households can afford the internet connections they need for work, school, health care, and more. Continue reading
MeHI Launches Digital Health COVID-19 Recovery Challenge
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech is seeking digital health startups with solutions for healthcare providers to compete in the Massachusetts Digital Health COVID-19 Recovery Challenge. The Challenge is focused on finding solutions to help healthcare providers and health systems adapt to how they provide care and recover from the pandemic.
Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative 2021 Year in Review
While our state, community-based and organizational partners continue to respond to a constantly-evolving context, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is proud to convene a statewide cross-sector network of stakeholders that can share information, build partnerships and take collective action. The network continues to serve as an ecosystem for collaboration, partnership and productive dot-connecting – even in the face of seemingly perpetual adjustments. Continue reading
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC’s Technical Assistance Program
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) released a Call for Project Concepts that could be undertaken with assistance from their Technical Assistance Program. Municipalities in the MAPC region can submit concepts for a diverse range of single- and multi-community projects, which may be of interest to age- and dementia friendly community coalitions. Continue reading
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