The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative joined a group of industry, academic and government partners affiliated with Governor Charlie Baker’s Council to Address Aging to announce the winners of the In Good Company: The 2018 Optimal Aging Challenge, a global...
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LeadingAge and UMass Boston Unveil New Research Website
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston revealed its new website (www.LTSScenter.org) with helpful resources and research on a range of topics tied to Long Term Services and Supports. The new website represents an important milestone in the development of the LTSS...
New Report Highlights Factors that Influence Healthy Aging in Massachusetts
The 2018 Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report has been released! The comprehensive examination of the health of older people in the Commonwealth offers detailed profiles of every city and town, maps and other tools to understand healthy aging trends and disparities...
Baker-Polito Administration Funds Aging Innovation Hub in Cambridge
During recent event at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square, the Baker-Polito Administration awarded a $100,000 grant providing seed funding for AGENCY, a new coworking innovation hub for collective impact where entrepreneurs, enterprises, elders,...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC Technical Assistance Program
The Healthy Aging Collaborative previously shared an opportunity from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to provide technical assistance that enables and assists municipalities in implementing projects that are beneficial to the community. MAPC will issue...
Controversial ‘Public Charge’ Proposed Rule Draws Comments from State Officials, Orgs
A controversial proposed rule submitted on October 10 by the Trump administration - via draft regulation changes under the Department of Homeland Security - sought to amend “public charge” policies that determine how the use of public benefits impact a person's...
Boston’s ‘Out4Supper’ Club Highlighted in AARP Newsletter
Among the great Age Friendly work happening in the City of Boston and across Massachusetts is the Out4Supper Club hosted by the organization Ethos in Jamaica Plain, which is the region's first supper club for LGBT older adults. The experiment, which began with a...
Age Friendly Funding Alert: Engaged Cities Award
Each year, the Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award elevates city-led strategies that most successfully engage citizens to help create and implement solutions to pressing local problems. Cities of Service knows that many cities are involving citizens in creative and...
KFF: How Many Seniors Live in Poverty?
The Kaiser Family Foundation reported findings in a recent research article that compares poverty rates among people ages 65 and older by state using an updated measure from the Census Bureau. In response to concerns that the official poverty measure is outdated and...
Community Health Training Institute Accepting Health Equity Cohort Apps
The Community Health Training Institute is excited to bring you all a brand new, immersive training opportunity with our Health Equity Cohort. The Training Institute is actively seeking thirty strong applicants working to implement health equity initiatives in their...