The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has added data and tools that can help communities, including those working to become more age-friendly, to address vehicle speed management. MassDOT hosts a crash data portal where users can view preliminary...
News: Data and Reports
Submit Your Age- and Dementia Friendly Work, Stories, and Photos for the ReiMAgine Aging Progress Report
To inform the ReiMAgine Aging; Year 3 Progress Report, which will look to capture the incredible age- and dementia friendly work of 2021, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is joining the Executive Office of Elder Affairs in asking its statewide network and...
AARP Policy Institute Advocates for Research and Policy Change to Improve Medication Literacy
In a "spotlight" research report, AARP's Public Policy Institute advocates for separating medication literacy from health literacy as 86 percent of adults ages 65 and older regularly take at least one prescription medication and the average Medicare beneficiary takes...
AP-NORC Poll Highlights Telehealth Use and Equity for Older Adults
Use of telehealth has been common during the pandemic among adults age 50 and older, but that use has also brought concerns around equity, according to a survey of adults in America age 50 and older by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research....
Age-and Dementia Friendly Springfield Release Study on Healthy Aging with a Criminal Record
Led by the Public Health Institute of Western Mass., with an expert advisory group and supported by the Tufts Health Plan Foundation and the Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds, a new study reveals the barriers to housing and healthy aging for older...
‘Caregiving in a Diverse America’ Report Highlights Disparities, Impacts in Caregiver Support and Health
One in five Americans are providing care to an adult or a child because of a health care need or functional disability, according to a report from the National Alliance for Caregiving, the Diverse Elders Coalition and the National Minority Quality Forum. The report,...
‘Quick and Creative Street Projects’ Report from Barr, Solomon Foundations Display Impact of Local Projects
Among the ways communities adapted during the pandemic was to make simple, but impactful changes to streets and public spaces that spurred economic activity, improved walkability and enhanced safe gathering spaces. The Barr Foundation and the Lawrence and Lillian...
Seeking Statewide Input for the ReiMAgine Aging Year Three Progress Report
The Executive Office of Elder Affairs is leading a team that is looking to capture the incredible age- and dementia-friendly work done across the Commonwealth for our collective annual progress report for ReiMAgine Aging, the Age-Friendly Massachusetts Action Plan....
AARP Announces Results of 2021 Home and Community Preferences Survey alongside ADU Resource
A national poll of nearly 3,000 people in the U.S. conducted in June finds most older adults adjusted their lifestyles to maintain their health and community connectedness. The 2021 Home and Community Survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for AARP,...
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Initial Report to Congress Now Available
On November 16, 2021, appropriately during National Family Caregiving Month, the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren released its initial report to Congress. This report outlines the joys, challenges, gaps, and unmet needs faced by kin and...