by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 6, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from The Boston Globe Salem is seeking community feedback on a draft plan outlining how the city can best meet the needs of its older residents. The city earlier this year became the third community in Massachusetts to join the American Association of...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 1, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from NextAvenue Meet Next Avenue’s 2016 Influencers in Aging. These 50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older....
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 24, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from Wicked Local Yarmouth By Conor Powers-Smith A major emphasis of the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Communities initiative is bringing together people of all ages to share thoughts and perspectives. Yarmouth, the first town on the Cape to...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 24, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from Wicked Local Waltham By Bill Whelan, Waltham News Tribune With a growing senior population, what needs to happen to make Waltham a better community for healthy aging? This was the question posed by Brandeis professor Walter Leutz in his recent study,...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Aug 15, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from The Huffington Post By John Feather, PhD CEO, Grantmakers In Aging Follow the money. That is my advice to anyone seeking support for livable and age-friendly communities — great places to grow up and grow old. Age-friendly, livable, lifelong...