The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation - Special Initiatives Grant (deadline, March 2)...
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Jobs in Healthy Aging: Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Mass Home Care
Please check out and spread the word on the following job opportunities in the healthy aging network: Behavioral Health Program Coordinator - Executive Office of Elder Affairs The Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) is seeking a passionate individual to join our...
Resources for Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day from NCLER
The National Center for Law and Elder Rights (NCLER) is recognized February 1st as Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day by raising awareness about the potential abuses of power that can occur within the guardianship system. According to NCLER, adult...
Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: Respite Innovations Grant, AARP Community Challenge, Senior Workforce Development, BOLD
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Respite Innovation Grant Program, Mass. Executive Office of Health and Human Services (New deadline:...
AARP Announces Resource on Creating Community Gardens for People of All Ages
Creating Community Gardens for People of All Ages — a 32-page publication by AARP Livable Communities with 8 80 Cities — can help elected officials, government staff, nonprofit organizations and neighbors in all sorts of places build and sustain community gardens as...
2023 Housing Choice Communities Designation Application Now Open
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...
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...