Following up on a round of grants in Fall 2017, the Metrowest Health Foundation is once again focusing on supporting Age- and Dementia Friendly Communities in a newly released Spring 2018 Grant RFP. The last round of grants included an award to the Framingham Board of...
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MIT AgeLab, AARP Accepting Scholarship Apps for Inter-generational Activity
The MIT AgeLab and AARP are accepting applications from high school juniors and seniors in New England for the 2017-2018 OMEGA scholarship meant for students who are actively working to create connections between teens and older adults in your community. The MIT...
Age-Friendly News Clips – February 1-15
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 February on the momentum of this...
Health Affairs Article Hails Value of Medical and CBO Collaboration
Citing academic research and strong survey data, an article from the Health Affairs blog underlines the benefit and positive impact of pairing the health care sector with community-based organizations to address health-related social needs. According to the blog, the...
Revised Community Benefit Guidelines Released by Attorney General’s Office
After almost one year of Advisory Task Force meetings and listening sessions, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced revised Community Benefits guidelines for nonprofit hospitals and HMOs. Such nonprofit institutions are obligated to provide charitable and...
Age-Friendly News Clips – January 25-31
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles from local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly. Check out the following articles from late January on the momentum of this movement building across...
Gov. Baker Creates Commission on the ‘Future of Transportation’
Governor Charlie Baker appointed an 18-member group called the Commission on the Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth charged with advising the Administration on future transportation needs and challenges. Transportation came up as one of the major concerns...
Governor Baker Declares MA as an Age-Friendly State in Annual State of the Commonwealth Address
In his annual State of the Commonwealth Address, Governor Charlie Baker announced that Massachusetts has joined the network of AARP Age-Friendly States and the World Health Organization Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities. Massachusetts is only the...
Boston Globe: Children of today build cities for tomorrow
The Future City annual competition for middle school students begins with the question: how can we make the world a better place? Each year, a theme provides competing students with more focused direction and for 2018, the theme is "The Age-Friendly City." The Boston...
Age-Friendly News Clips – January 1-25
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles from local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly. Check out the following articles on the momentum of this movement building across the state. Towns,...