by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 16, 2014 | Programs, Stories from the Field
By Marty Cohen, President & CEO, MetroWest Health Foundation and Rebecca Gallo, Program Officer, MetroWest Health Foundation Odds are if you are over 45, you already are or soon will be a caregiver. Seventy-five percent of all care received by older adults in the...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 5, 2014 | Conferences
By Angel Bourgoin, Consultant, JSI This year’s Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging (MCOA) fall conference was a great success. Bringing together Councils on Aging, municipal agencies, researchers, and other partners in Falmouth, Mass. on October 8-10, the...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 15, 2014 | Systems and Best Practices
By Kayla Romanelli, Program Associate, Tufts Health Plan Foundation “How many people in the room feel maxed out?” A few brave participants slowly raised their hands. Then another question, “How many people in the room wish they had a road map to achieve their goals?”...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 14, 2014 | Programs
By Rob Schreiber, MD, Medical Director, Massachusetts Healthy Living Center of Excellence I often find myself doing things that only five years ago were being done by others. Self-checkout at the grocery store, online banking, arranging travel, self-education, and...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Sep 29, 2014 | Programs, Stories from the Field
By Jaime Corliss and Ben Wood, MDPH and Julie Kelly, Fall River Mass in Motion Public health people love to talk about Policy, Systems and Environmental change (PSE for short). You probably have an understanding of what this concept means (and you may be sick of...
