The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) has updated their interactive Trailmap, the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of biking and walking trails in Massachusetts. This new-and-improved version of Trailmap allows users to search by address to find...
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Health Equity Guide from MetroWest Health Foundation Can Improve Impact of Age-Friendly Communities
The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative is dedicated to embedding access, equity and inclusion into the Age- and Dementia Friendly movement gaining momentum across the state. As such, MHAC is proud to pass along "Building Inclusive Communities: A Guidebook for Advancing...
Pop-up Placemaking Toolkit from AARP Can Help Create Vibrant Spaces that Create Community
The term “placemaking” refers to the work of improving a particular public space or overall area to make it more of a destination and shared gathering place. The Pop-Up Placemaking Tool Kit was created by AARP and Team Better Block to inform a broad audience of local...
Small Business Caregiving Guide Released by AARP, Public Private Strategies
Coming off the heels of a toolkit developed by the Mass. Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Mass. Business Roundtable and the Mass. eHealth Institute to help Massachusetts employers better support caregivers in the workplace, the AARP Family Caregiving Team and Public...
NCOA Report Examines Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Older Adults and Aging Services Network
A new survey and report by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) reveals an untold story about the nation’s opioid epidemic—how the crisis is eroding the quality of life of older adults and the ability of local organizations to serve them. “Older Americans are being...
Elder Economic Insecurity Report Highlights Importance of Age-Friendly Work
As reported in the Boston Globe, an updated Elder Economic Insecurity report finds more than six out of ten older adults in Massachusetts living alone, and three out of ten living in two-person households, cannot afford the basic necessities of life such as food,...
New “Massachusetts Caregiver Coalition” Launched by Leaders in Business, Health Care, Education & Government
Leaders from business, health care, education and state government launched a new "Massachusetts Caregiver Coalition," a collaboration that includes businesses from diverse industry sectors working with the state to assess and address the needs of unpaid family...
‘All in Together’ Report Examines Intergenerational Shared Spaces to Benefit Young and Old
For any Age- and Dementia Friendly Community advocating for intergenerational shared spaces and programming, a new report called “All In Together: Creating Spaces Where Young and Old Thrive” by Generations United and The Eisner Foundation provides some useful tools...
Milken Institute Highlights Massachusetts in ‘Age-Forward Cities’ Report
According the the Milken Institute, the urban landscape already holds resources—human, organizational, and technological—that can transform aging lives. From intergenerational mixed-use neighborhoods to smart city technologies and integrated housing and healthcare...
New Report Shows Widening Housing Inequality Among Older Adults
Housing inequality is becoming increasingly evident among older Americans as the number of older households climbs to unprecedented levels, according to Housing America’s Older Adults 2019, a new report being released by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies....