The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) announced $10,410,183 in grants to upgrade internet access in nearly 8,000 public and affordable housing across 26 Massachusetts...
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Climate Concerns from Older Adults Revealed in National Poll
Nearly 3 out of every 4 older Americans have experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, and living through such an event appears to make a big difference in how they view the potential impact of climate change on their health, according to a...
Social Security Administration Announces Requirement for In-Person or Online Identity Checks, Ending Phone Option
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced - and multiple news reports from the AP to the Boston Globe outline - changes that will require recipients and applicants to show up in-person to agency offices instead of being able to engage over the phone. The...
Older Adult Homelessness Trends Highlighted by Bipartisan Policy Center
More than 104,000 people aged 55-64 and 42,150 people over 64 were counted as homeless and nearly half were unsheltered, according to analysis of the Bipartisan Policy Center of 2024 data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD released its...
NAC Policy Brief: The Role of Medicaid in Supporting Family Caregivers
The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) is a non-profit coalition of national organizations who share a vision of a society that values, supports and empowers family caregivers to thrive at home, work and life. NAC recently released "Policy Brief: The Role of...
AARP Promotes Housing Articles and Resources to Support Adults with I/DD
AARP Livable Communities elevated a series of articles that promote housing options for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). As parents of adult children with I/DD grow older, integrated supportive housing can help them live independently....
March is Senior Nutrition Month – Resources, Information and Materials Are Available
March is Senior Nutrition Month and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) celebrates the anniversary of the Senior Nutrition Program and its many accomplishments at the national and local levels. ACL promotes how nutrition services help people stay independent...
Annual Report on Mass. Health Care System Reveals Cost Increases
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is an independent state agency that tracks data and information to promote a more transparent and equitable health care system that effectively serves all residents of the Commonwealth. CHIA's new Annual Report on...
AARP Reports on Credit Card Debt and Adults Age 50-Plus
Results of new national survey data from AARP shows that nearly half of Americans ages 50-plus carry over credit card debt from month to month, including credit card debt carried over on an active card or a cancelled card. Of adults ages 50-plus who carry credit card...
New Dementia Care Planning Toolkit Released by Massachusetts Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and All other Dementias
The Care Planning Team of the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and All other Dementias released a new toolkit for people living with dementia, dementia care partners, families, community-based service providers, and health care providers. The...