Mac users: Increase text size by holding command and +. Decrease text size by holding command and -.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 June and July 2019 on the momentum of this movement building across the state.
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- Northampton advocates for better living for people with dementia (WWLP 22 News)
- 5 Salem businesses earn ‘age-friendly’ certification (Salem News)
- Aging in Places: A question of Insidious ageism – Opinion (Wicked Local – Newton TAB)
- Chelmsford Eyes Age-Friendly Status (Wicked Local – Chelmsford)
- Salem for All Ages Initiative Announces First Businesses (Wicked Local – Salem)
- Chelmsford to Hold Session on Making Town Age-Friendly (Wicked Local Chelmsford)
- Belmont Receives Mount Auburn Hospital Grant (Wicked Local – Belmont)
- Grant to help Winchendon fight nutrition problem among older residents (The Gardner News)
- SENIOR LOOKOUT: Age & Dementia Friendly Cape Ann, part three (Gloucester Daily Times)
- Horace Mann receives grant from Tufts Health (Wicked Local – Franklin)
- Rides for Seniors to Doctor Appointments Could End (Vineyard Gazette)
- SENIOR LOOKOUT: Age & Dementia Friendly Cape Ann, part two (Gloucester Daily Times)
- New report takes pulse on community health needs (Greenfield Recorder)
- MetroWest Health Foundation Awards More over $750k in Grants (Wicked Local – Framingham)
- BCNC Pao Arts Center receives Boston Foundation open door grant (Sampan)
- Age-Friendly Berkshires Highlights Successes, Launches Video (iBerkshires)
- Selectmen support ‘age-friendly’ initiative (The Landmark – Sterling)
- Marshall Home Fund donates $75K to local nonprofits (Wicked Local Watertown/Watertown TAB)
- Randolph a home to regional transportation pilot program (Wicked Local Randolph)
- SENIOR LOOKOUT: Creating an Age & Dementia Friendly Cape Ann (Gloucester Daily Times)
- Barnstable to Celebrate Senior Center 20th Anniversary (Cape Cod Times)
- Technology for Healthy Aging (Harvard Medical School)
- Springfield, Baystate Medical Center recognized for policies, services to seniors (MassLive)
- Springfield recognized by AARP as age-friendly city (WWLP 22 News)
- PVPC holds Holyoke listening session for Age-Friendly Communities Initiative (MassLive)
- Making Sterling a place to ‘grow up and grow old’ (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Age-Friendly Walking in the Berkshires (WalkBoston Blog)
- Driving alternatives expand for Cape seniors (Cape Cod Times)
- Age-friendly listening session in Holyoke to focus on transportation, human service resources, housing (MassLive)
- Senior Page: Age Forward Awards Recognize Senior-Friendly Businesses (Cape Cod Chronicle)
- Age-Friendly Universities are Finally Here (Next Avenue)