At its annual conference on January 18-19, the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) will release the fourth edition of its municipal Best Practices series. The 2018 edition of the publication included "Age and Dementia Friendly Communities" as a best practice...
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Age-Friendly News Clips: November and December 2018
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly. Check out the following articles from the last two months of 2018 (through Jan 7)...
CDC Releases MyMobility Planning Tool for Older Adults
With aging might come changes in older adults’ ability to get around and do the things they want and need to do. These mobility changes may affect older adults’ health and independence and are related to an increased risk of falls and motor vehicle crashes—the two...
‘Giving Voice’ Initiative Helps Choirs Include People Living with Dementia
Thanks to The Giving Voice Initiative, communities seeking to become Age- and Dementia Friendly have another way to be inclusive. The organization provides a free toolkit to help communities establish choirs that actively recruit participants living with memory loss...
Tufts Health Plan Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to 11 Community Organizations
Tufts Health Plan Foundation continues its commitment to healthy aging and communities with an announcement of 11 new community investments. In total, the grants exceed $1.2 million and reflect the Foundation’s dedication to advancing policies and practices that...
In Good Company Challenge Announces Winners of 2018 Optimal Aging Challenge
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative joined a group of industry, academic and government partners affiliated with Governor Charlie Baker’s Council to Address Aging to announce the winners of the In Good Company: The 2018 Optimal Aging Challenge, a global...
Baker-Polito Administration Funds Aging Innovation Hub in Cambridge
During recent event at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square, the Baker-Polito Administration awarded a $100,000 grant providing seed funding for AGENCY, a new coworking innovation hub for collective impact where entrepreneurs, enterprises, elders,...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC Technical Assistance Program
The Healthy Aging Collaborative previously shared an opportunity from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to provide technical assistance that enables and assists municipalities in implementing projects that are beneficial to the community. MAPC will issue...
Controversial ‘Public Charge’ Proposed Rule Draws Comments from State Officials, Orgs
A controversial proposed rule submitted on October 10 by the Trump administration - via draft regulation changes under the Department of Homeland Security - sought to amend “public charge” policies that determine how the use of public benefits impact a person's...
Boston’s ‘Out4Supper’ Club Highlighted in AARP Newsletter
Among the great Age Friendly work happening in the City of Boston and across Massachusetts is the Out4Supper Club hosted by the organization Ethos in Jamaica Plain, which is the region's first supper club for LGBT older adults. The experiment, which began with a...