Communities working to become more age- and dementia friendly can apply for a free technical assistance opportunity from Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) via the organization’s program called “Municipal Engagement Initiative Lite.”
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Upcoming Events: Caring for the Caregiver, Let’s Talk About Dementia and Culture 2022
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities involved in the age- and dementia friendly movement to check out the following upcoming events: Continue reading
Celebrating and Recognizing November as National Family Caregivers Month
Celebrated every November, National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM) is a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. It offers an opportunity to raise awareness of caregiving issues, educate communities, and increase support for caregivers.
In support of the more than one million Massachusetts residents who provide frequent or daily care to their family members, the Baker Administration has proclaimed November 2022 as Family Caregivers Month in the Commonwealth. Continue reading
Register for ‘Let’s Talk About Dementia and Culture 2022, Dementia Awareness Training for First Responders
Dementia affects every community, but not in the same way. Join Dementia Friends Massachusetts for a conversation about disparities, different needs, and specific strengths in many cultural and linguistic communities. Continue reading
AARP Promotes ‘Disaster Resilience’ Toolkit Alongside FEMA Funding Opportunity
Following up on a resource released over the summer intended to help age/dementia friendly communities and local leaders reduce disaster risk and better protect older adults, AARP is revamping promotion of the toolkit with a funding opportunity from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Continue reading
Shaw’s and Star Market Join Massachusetts’ SNAP Online Purchasing Program
The Baker Administration recently announced that Massachusetts residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can now use their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) SNAP benefits to buy groceries online from Shaw’s and Star Market, two supermarket chains based in Massachusetts. Continue reading
New Study from AARP and FrameWorks Institute Reveals Powerful Role of Imagery to Influence Consumer Attitudes
AARP and the FrameWorks Institute released a new study, “Reframing Aging Through Images” that concluded communicators of all types have the power to shape people’s attitudes around aging simply based on the images they utilize. Continue reading
2022 Healthy Aging Fund Grantees Announced
The Baker Administration announced $15.9 million in grants to 24 nonprofit community-based organizations, cities and towns, and regional planning commissions to fund community health and healthy aging efforts in the Commonwealth. Continue reading
BCBS Foundation Releases Latest ‘Facts and Trends” Report on MassHealth
According to the latest edition of the MassHealth: The Basics from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, one out of 10 MassHealth members is age 65 or over.
Most of those MassHealth members are classified at “seniors in community” totaling 174,960 individuals with another 20,300 “seniors in nursing facilities.” Continue reading
ACL Accepting Applications to Identify Exemplary Kinship and Grandfamily Policies, Practices, and Programs
Funded by Administration for Community Living (ACL), the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network helps government agencies and nonprofits within states, tribes, and territories work across boundaries to improve supports and services for families in which grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends are raising children.
The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network is identifying and designating exemplary kinship and grandfamilies policies, practices, and programs, with the goal of sharing replicable strategies with others. The Network encourages applications from government agencies in states, tribes, and territories, as well as kinship navigator programs and other community-based organizations that serve kinship and grandfamilies. Continue reading