The FrameWorks Institute conducted a national multiyear project with leading aging organizations to identify the way members of the public think and talk about aging. Join the American Society on Aging (ASA) on Thursday, August 16th as they continue the exploration of...
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Governor Baker Co-Authors Newsweek Op-Ed on Alzheimer’s
Along with Montana Democrat Governor Steve Bullock, Governor Charlie Baker co-authored an opinion-editorial in Newsweek urging both sides of the aisle to come together to support the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (S. 2076/H.R. 4256). After listing stats...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Funding Opportunity
The Kresge Foundation is offering a funding opportunity that aims to support innovative, multi-sector solutions to housing instability, generated by community residents, that improve housing affordability and quality through policy and practice changes. The...
Three MA Projects Awarded AARP Community Challenge Grants
Three projects in Massachusetts - Old Colony YMCA, Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell - were awarded grants from the national AARP Community Challenge. In its second year, AARP received more than 1,600 applications from...
Federal ‘Grandparents Raising Grandchildren’ Bill Signed into Law
U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Bob Casey (D-PA) applauded the signing of the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (S. 1091), legislation they authored that will create a one-stop-shop of resources to support...
Healthy Aging Job Alert: Tufts Health Plan Foundation, AARP, JF&CS
The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following jobs from our partners at the Tufts Health Plan Foundation, AARP Massachusetts and Jewish Family & Children's Services. Program Associate - Tufts Health Plan Foundation Under the direction...
Massachusetts Tech, Innovation, and Aging Service Leaders Launch Global Competition to Improve Healthy Aging and Social Isolation
A global innovation challenge for the improvement of well-being in aging populations was announced today by a group of industry, academic and government partners affiliated with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Council to Address Aging. The In Good Company: The...
AARP Releases Latest Livability Workbook on Health Services and Community Supports
The fifth workbook in AARP's Roadmap to Livability Series is aimed strengthening the "healthcare and community supports" part of age-friendly assessments and action plans. The Health Services and Community Supports Workbook includes sample survey questions and an...
Age-Friendly News Clips: Early July 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 early July on the momentum of this movement...
City of Boston Launches Age- and Dementia Friendly Business Designation
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston's Commission on Affairs of the Elderly launched their Age and Dementia-Friendly Business designation, a new pilot program that encourages local businesses to make their spaces and services more inclusive for people of all...