Join the Taskforce to End Loneliness and Build Community on Thursday, October 1st for a state-wide summit to disseminate information about raising public awareness, growing intergenerational opportunities and specific strategies to build community in a variety of...
News: Conferences
Upcoming Healthy Aging Webinars: Mass. Business Roundtable, Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day
Communities and partners in the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative network may be interested in the following virtual opportunities: Supporting Family Caregivers in the Workplace - Mass Business Roundtable During this unprecedented time of COVID-19, the demand...
Brigham & Women’s Hospital Hosting ‘Road Map’ Series on Aging and Memory Loss
Expert speakers, including people living with dementia and their caregivers, will headline a three-part series of events hosted by Brigham & Women's Hospital with comprehensive information about dementia diagnosis, research and caregiving with additional...
Travel Training and Aging Service Providers: Three Example
If you are interested in learning how agencies are supporting older adults in learning to use fixed-route public transit services such as the bus, please join MassMobility at an upcoming event at Greater Lynn Senior Services from 10:00am to noon on September 24th....
Intergenerational Symposium to be held at Lasell University
Are you purposefully bringing together people of different ages like older adults and youth? Would you like to start but you’re not sure how? Attend the second annual Intergenerational Symposium: Developing Your Toolbox, coordinated by Bridges Together with the...
Upcoming Webinar on Celebrating Diversity Hosted by Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging
The Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging, which covers the northern New England states, is hosting a webinar titled "Celebrating Diversity: Promoting community inclusion and access to community supports and health services." The webinar will take place on...
AARP Shares Materials and Presentations from Rural Livability Conference
Back in June, AARP hosted a Rural Livability Conference, which touched on a range of issues from housing and transportation to broadband access and extreme weather preparedness. In their latest Livable Communities newsletter, AARP announced that they have made the...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging: September 2019
There is never a shortage of events and activities for promoting and supporting healthy aging in Massachusetts! Here are a few opportunities across the state coming up in September: Dementia Friendly Massachusetts "Idea Exchanges" Dementia Friendly Massachusetts is...
Age- and Dementia Friendly Transportation Featured at Transportation Innovation Conference
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative will join the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, UMass-Boston, Dementia Friendly Massachusetts and the City of Salem for a presentation on Age- and Dementia Friendly Transportation at the upcoming Transportation Innovation...
Village Model and Age/Dementia Friendly Movement Featured at Upcoming Workshop
An "Aging in Community" workshop, including presentations on Age- and Dementia Friendly Communities, will be held on 29 March at Lasell College, with satellite venues at Berkshire Community College and Cape Cod Community College. Presentations by Massachusetts...