by Stewart Landers, Director, U.S. Health Services, JSI Boston While combination anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has transformed HIV from a killer into a chronic disease, it has created a large and growing group of people aging with HIV. People aged 50 and older...
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Caregiving NOW: A Network on the Web for Minnesota Caregivers
By Elizabeth Costello, JSI; Project Manager, www.mahealthyagingcollaborative.org Just as websites and online communities like the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative can provide a platform for healthy aging professionals to engage, connect, and share...
Making the Case for Aging in Community at the ASA Conference
Cross-posted from Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly By Amy Schectman, President and CEO, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly I attended a wonderful American Society on Aging conference. I learned many things and reinforced my knowledge of other areas. At...
A Healthy Aging Movement
By Michael Doonan, PhD, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Policy Forum Something exciting is happening. There is growing action, energy, and engagement of people and organizations to make Massachusetts a leader in healthy aging. The goal is nothing short of...
Purpose, Purpose, Purpose
By Ruth Palombo, Senior Health Policy Officer, Tufts Health Plan Foundation I just got back from a wonderful conference on positive aging sponsored by the Institute for the Ages in Sarasota, FL. My mind is still swirling. One theme that so many of the speakers...
Bigger Frames for Healthy Aging
By Walter Leutz, Heller School, Brandeis University Last week I went to a meeting of the Healthy Living Center of Excellence advisory board meeting, and I met fellow board member George Iannuzzo, who is a graduate of the Chronic Disease Self-management Program. He is...
Meet the Team Behind the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report
By Elizabeth Dugan, PhD, Associate Professor of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston The Healthy Aging research team at the Gerontology Institute of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global...
Visit the Redesigned Healthy Living Center of Excellence Website
The Massachusetts Healthy Living Center of Excellence (HLCE) launched a redesigned website in January at www.healthyliving4me.org. The new website makes it easier for older adults to learn about evidence-based healthy aging programs offered in their community and to...
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is online!
By Elizabeth Costello, JSI; Project Manager, www.mahealthyagingcollaborative.org Welcome to the new online home of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative! We’re thrilled to share this website with you today after many months of development. In 2012, members of...