In their recent newsletter, the Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Program under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a list of helpful and important resources for older adults and caregivers as well as the organizations and...
News: News and Updates
Dementia Friends Initiative Underway in Massachusetts
Dementia Friends is a global movement that is changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. Developed by the Alzheimer’s Society in the United Kingdom, the Dementia Friends initiative is underway in Massachusetts. By helping everyone in a community...
Governor’s Housing Choice Designation Awarded to 67 Communities
The Baker-Polito Administration announced two milestones for communities in Massachusetts under their Housing Choice Initiative, a comprehensive new effort to create 135,000 new housing units by 2025. The initiative, announced in December 2017, includes a new set of...
Baker Administration Adds Age- and Dementia Friendly Best Practices to Community Compact Program
In a major victory for the Healthy Aging Collaborative and the Age- and Dementia Friendly movement, the Baker Administration is taking another big step towards advancing and supporting the opportunity for cities and towns to become better places to grow up and grow...
Age-Friendly Funding Round-Up: Applications due in May
New funding opportunities supporting Age-Friendly Community efforts are available for cities, towns and healthy aging stakeholders to pursue. This is the latest in a periodic series from the Healthy Aging Collaborative to share such opportunities and much of this...
Celebrate Older Americans Month in May
The Healthy Aging Collaborative joins the Administration on Aging, the state's Executive Office of Elder Affairs and many organizations from across Massachusetts and the country in celebrating May as Older Americans Month. The 2018 theme, Engage at Every Age,...
Berkshire Eagle Podcast Discusses Age-Friendly Berkshires Action Plan
A new edition of the Berkshire Eagle Podcast highlights the ongoing work of Age Friendly Berkshires after the recent release of their action plan following three years of assessment and planning. The Berkshire Eagle podcast host Mark Mills speaks with Peg McDonough, a...
Google Maps is Piloting ‘Wheelchair Accessible’ Transit Navigation in Boston
In the latest edition of the AARP Livable Communities Newsletter, an article reveals that Boston was among only a handful of cities worldwide where Google Maps is testing "Wheelchair Accessible" routes for transit navigation. New York City is the only other place in...
Age-Friendly Berkshires Celebrates Action Plan Launch
Nearly 100 volunteers, supporters and collaborators attended an event at Berkshire Hills Country Club to celebrate the launch of an action plan for Age-Friendly Berkshires. After several years of work, it was clear that the regional effort of 32 communities and dozens...
Age-Friendly News Clips: Mid-April
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 mid-April on the momentum of this movement...