Jobs in Healthy Aging – Alzheimer’s Association, Mass Broadband Institute, Billerica COA

by James Fuccione | Aug 3, 2022 | Jobs

The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to pass along the following job opportunities from our partners: Senior Program Manager (Greater Boston/Northeast Mass.) – Alzheimer’s Association of MA/NH This position is responsible for...

US HHS Issues New Reports on Long COVID to Support Patients and Further Research

by James Fuccione | Aug 3, 2022 | Data and Reports

Following a Memorandum on Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), leading a whole-of-government response, developed two reports that together, pave an actionable path forward to address Long COVID and...

How the State Legislature’s $52.7 Billion Budget Supports Older Adults

by James Fuccione | Jul 28, 2022 | News and Updates

Last week, the Massachusetts legislature passed a $52.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). Here are some of the items that support older adults and healthy aging: The Boston Business Journal reports that roughly 60,000 low-income Massachusetts older adults...

Deadline is 7/31 For Submitting Feedback for MassDOT’s ‘Beyond Mobility’ Plan

by James Fuccione | Jul 27, 2022 | News and Updates

The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is encouraging age- and dementia friendly community stakeholders to submit comments to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) survey to inform their long-range transportation plan, called Beyond...

MassMobility Adds New Webpages with Resources on Active Transportation

by James Fuccione | Jul 25, 2022 | News and Updates

In partnership with the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, the Human Service Transportation (HST) Office has debuted two new webpages to share information about MassHealth transportation with members: mass.gov/masshealthrides – a “single...