The Department of Housing and Community Development is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 Housing Choice Communities Designation application. Age-and dementia friendly community efforts that include improving housing options are encouraged to support and...
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Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities involved in the age- and dementia friendly movement to check out the following upcoming events: Technology Learning Collaborative for Healthy Aging (1/31) Join the Technology...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: AARP Opens 2023 Community Challenge Grant
The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. In 2023, the AARP Community Challenge is accepting applications across three different grant opportunities, two of...
Johns Hopkins Study Links Social Isolation to Dementia Risk
Johns Hopkins researchers found isolated older adults have a 28 percent greater risk of developing dementia than do their counterparts who are not socially isolated. In what may the first study of a longitudinal association between social isolation and incident...
New AARP Report: Understanding a Changing Older Workforce
Nearly all older workers seek and choose employment with meaning, according to a new report from AARP, but the COVID-19 pandemic made people realize the importance of a better work-life balance – more so than doing work that is meaningful. The report, called...
Lessons for Enhancing Service Coordination in HUD-Assisted Senior Housing Communities
A new research brief from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston offers a wide range of lessons to help housing communities implement a service coordination model developed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in which the “role of the service...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities involved in the age- and dementia friendly movement to check out the following upcoming events: Alzheimer’s Association of MA/NH Hosting Virtual New England Family...
New Index from PHI Ranks States on Direct Care Workforce Policy Supports
A new online tool is available to help policymakers, advocates, and other leaders in various states understand how they support direct care workers, where they can improve, and how they compare to other states. Created and led by PHI, the Direct Care Workforce State...
Age Friendly Funding Alert: Respite Innovations Grant, T-Mobile Hometown Grants, MassTrails, MAPC
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: The Respite Innovations Grant Program – Executive Office of Elder Affairs (NEW DEADLINE: 1/23/23)...
Alzheimer’s Association of MA/NH Hosting Virtual New England Family Conference
Join the Alzheimer's Association of MA/NH for a free, virtual conference for those living with Alzheimer's and dementia and their families. Sessions will feature notable guest speakers and include a panel of persons living with early stage dementia. Topics include...