The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is excited to share two significant funding opportunities - one currently available and one coming soon - that support healthy aging with a focus on transportation and accessible, inclusive community spaces: Shared Streets...
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Reminder: Take the Community Healthy Equity Survey from Mass DPH
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is reminding age- and dementia friendly stakeholders to promote the Community Health Equity Survey from the Mass. Department of Public Health (DPH). The survey will help communities improve conditions that impact health,...
Boston Region MPO Releases Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service Coordination Plan for Public Comment
The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) board voted to release the Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan (Coordinated Plan) for a 15-day public comment period on September 21 and concluding on October 6, 2023. Updated every...
Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: MCOA Service Incentive Grants, Hybrid Programming for COAs, Community Compact, Local Cultural Council
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities to advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities. Service Incentive Grant (SIG) Program - Mass Councils on Aging (deadline November 9) With the...
Connecticut Age Well Collaborative Releases Guide to Support Age and Dementia Friendly Efforts
Like the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, the Connecticut Age Well Collaborative is a statewide, cross-sector network promoting and supporting inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities. Their organization released a guide called "Practical Action for...
Join an Upcoming Listening Session in Cape Cod, Greater Boston and Franklin County to Inform Statewide Digital Equity Plan
The Mass Broadband Institute has added several regional listening sessions that represent an opportunity for older adults and age/dementia friendly stakeholders to provide input for a statewide digital equity plan. Overall, the listening sessions will inform the...
Pilot Program in Mass. Informs Extensive Guide on Social Prescribing
The University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine released a guide for health care practitioners, insurance companies, and community organizations on how to integrate arts, culture, and nature into referral programs, a concept within a social prescribing model...
AARP Surveys Older Adults on Disaster Preparedness
A recent online survey by AARP of older adults finds that less than a third (29%) say they have an emergency plan in case of a natural disaster. This can be an issue age- and dementia friendly communities can help address using, among other tools, AARP's Disaster...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following events from our partners that help advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Let’s Talk, Massachusetts: Embracing Conversations to Build Community (virtual, Sept. 28th,...
CMS Releases Proposed Rule for Comment that Requires Minimum Staffing Standards at Nursing Home
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on a proposed rule that would establish minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. While CMS claims a direct link between resident safety, care quality, and stable staffing in nursing...