An ideal age-friendly community is one where residents take responsibility for the well-being of older adults, but as the Boston Globe explored in a recent article, reporting potential abuse or neglect of an elder friend or neighbor may not be so straightforward....
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First Director Hired for Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
By the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative web team The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative announced today that James Fuccione will direct the group’s activities and initiatives as senior director, a new position created to advance age-friendly...
West Springfield joins AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities
Cross-posted from MassLive.com, by Conor Berry Mike Festa, state director of AARP Massachusetts, traveled from Boston to West Springfield on Thursday to welcome the Hampden County city into the organization's Network of Age-friendly Communities. However, it was Mayor...
Scholarship Opportunity for 2017 Collective Impact Convening
The Collective Impact Forum is hosting its 2017 Collective Impact Convening in Boston on May 23-25, 2017. A 50% reduced-price registration scholarship is available for qualified individuals. All scholarship applications must be completed by 5pm Pacific on Friday,...
Salem seeks to support older residents
Cross-posted from The Boston Globe Salem is seeking community feedback on a draft plan outlining how the city can best meet the needs of its older residents. The city earlier this year became the third community in Massachusetts to join the American Association of...
2016 Influencers in Aging
Cross-posted from NextAvenue Meet Next Avenue’s 2016 Influencers in Aging. These 50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older....
Yarmouth seniors, D-Y teens combine for model UN
Cross-posted from Wicked Local Yarmouth By Conor Powers-Smith A major emphasis of the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Communities initiative is bringing together people of all ages to share thoughts and perspectives. Yarmouth, the first town on the Cape to...
Building a village in a city for Waltham seniors
Cross-posted from Wicked Local Waltham By Bill Whelan, Waltham News Tribune With a growing senior population, what needs to happen to make Waltham a better community for healthy aging? This was the question posed by Brandeis professor Walter Leutz in his recent study,...
Making The Economic Case For Age-Friendly Communities
Cross-posted from The Huffington Post By John Feather, PhD CEO, Grantmakers In Aging Follow the money. That is my advice to anyone seeking support for livable and age-friendly communities — great places to grow up and grow old. Age-friendly, livable, lifelong...
Older residents of Waltham and Greenfield complete “Healthy Aging” community research study
By Walter Leutz, Heller School, Brandeis University What makes this a “healthy” community to grow old in? What could make it better? What do older adults do to be healthier and to make this a healthier community? These are the questions asked by “Healthy Aging:...