New data goes beyond the topline statistics often used to characterize those served by MassHealth in order to paint a fuller, more meaningful picture of the more than one in four Massachusetts residents enrolled in the program. Released by Blue Cross Blue Shield...
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‘Building Homes. Building Futures” Report Details Housing Challenges and Solutions in Western Mass.
While housing issues show up in communities across the state, the "Building Homes. Building Futures" study provides an updated, comprehensive look at housing in four western Massachusetts counties—Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire. Led by Wayfinders and...
Mass. Law Reform Institute Shares Federal Policy Impacts on Older Adults in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative convenes quarterly Statewide Network Meetings that focus on timely issues and are aimed at connecting age- and dementia friendly community efforts with knowledge, resources, funding opportunities and more. The most recent...
NAC Report Calls for Integrating Family Caregivers in Care Delivery and Design
Family caregivers provide an estimated $600 billion in unpaid care annually and are essential to patient outcomes. Nearly one in four Americans serves in this capacity, often without training, support, or formal recognition, according to the Caregiving in the US 2025...
Two Reports Detail Impact of Federal Actions on MassHealth and SNAP
Reports from Boston Indicators with analysis by Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) and from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts with Urban Institute data detail impacts of federal actions on those benefitting from MassHealth and SNAP. While neither report...
Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging Releases 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging has released its 2025-2030 Strategic Plan outlining the long-term vision and work of the Commission. The 2025-2030 Strategic Plan is a roadmap for the continued work of the Commission to realize a future in which all LGBTQ...
New Climate Resilience Playbook Can Help Age- and Dementia Friendly Communities Include Older Adults in Planning Projects
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) developed the “Climate Resilience Playbook” (“the Playbook”) to to serve as a starting point for municipalities at various stages of preparing for climate impacts. Communities across Massachusetts are experiencing rapidly...
AARP Report: Policies That Allow More Homebuilding Can Help Older Adults
According to surveys by AARP and The Pew Charitable Trusts, more than 70 percent of older adults would prefer to remain in community as they age while large majorities of those 50 and older favor a roster of zoning and land-use policies that would allow more homes to...
JCHS at Harvard: One in Three Older Households is Cost Burdened
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard recently released findings from the State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 report that highlights trends in housing affordability for older households (those led by someone age 65 or over). According to the report, in 2023,...
New Report Reveals Crisis Point for America’s 63 million Family Caregivers
AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving released a sweeping new report that paints a stark picture of the state of family caregiving in America. Caregiving in the U.S. 2025 reveals that 63 million Americans—nearly 1 in 4 adults—provided ongoing care for an adult...