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 September and October 2019 on the momentum...
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AARP Compiles Archive of Livable Community Videos to put Age-Friendly on Display
Over time, AARP's Livable Communities team have released videos on various issues and projects in communities across the country. Now, AARP has put all of those videos in one archive so stakeholders and community leaders can see everything from the basics ("What is a...
WebMD/JAHF Surveys Older Adults and Their Caregivers Highlights Opportunity of Community Collaboration
A new survey of more than 2,700 older patients and caregivers from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) and WebMD assesses opinions on Age-Friendly Health Care, which require attention to what matters to the older person and their caregivers in order to ensure...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Boston Tenant Organizing Program
Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) is pleased to announce the availability of approximately $75,000 in funding for the Boston Tenant Organizing Program (BTOP). This program, administered on behalf of the City of Boston's Department of...
Pittsfield Placemaking Project Highlighted by AARP
In their recent newsletter, AARP Livable Communities focused on cities that are "activating" their alleyways into vibrant community spaces that turn into more than a pass-through or a place people avoid. In 2017, the community planning and design firm Team Better...
FRTA, Marlborough Piloting Transportation Options for Older Adults
Building on a report compiled by MassMobility and the Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative with a variety of examples of age-friendly transportation from all regions of Massachusetts, more communities are piloting transit solutions for older adults. Thank to MassMobility...
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....
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MassDevelopment Relaunches Commonwealth Places
MassDevelopment is excited to announce the creative funding program, Commonwealth Places, in partnership with the crowdfunding platform Patronicity to help improve public spaces around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Commonwealth Places, a collaborative initiative...
BC Center for Retirement Research Offers Grant and Fellowship on Retirement and Disability Projects
The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program and the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement or disability research. The programs are funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide...
MABVI and Innovate@BU Announce $10k Community Transportation Challenge
The Massachusetts Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired (MABVI) and Boston University Innovate@BU have announced a partnership to develop a challenge open to BU students and alumni to solve community transit problems that will benefit society at large–and...