NEWS

MeHI Launches Digital Health COVID-19 Recovery Challenge

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech is seeking digital health startups with solutions for healthcare providers to compete in the Massachusetts Digital Health COVID-19 Recovery Challenge. The Challenge is focused on finding solutions to help healthcare...

Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative 2021 Year in Review

While our state, community-based and organizational partners continue to respond to a constantly-evolving context, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is proud to convene a statewide cross-sector network of stakeholders that can share information, build...

Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC’s Technical Assistance Program

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) released a Call for Project Concepts that could be undertaken with assistance from their Technical Assistance Program. Municipalities in the MAPC region can submit concepts for a diverse range of single- and...

Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging

There are always opportunities to access education and training that can help your community or organization become more age- and dementia friendly. Check out the following events listed below: Mass. Department of Public Health - COVID-19 Community Impact Survey...

Baker Administration Announces COVID-19 Protection Measures

The Baker Administration announced additional measures to address a recent rise in COVID-19 cases and to ensure acute care hospitals have sufficient capacity to care for both COVID and non-COVID patients. The Commonwealth’s healthcare system is facing a critical...

AP-NORC Poll Highlights Telehealth Use and Equity for Older Adults

Use of telehealth has been common during the pandemic among adults age 50 and older, but that use has also brought concerns around equity, according to a survey of adults in America age 50 and older by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research....

Age- and Dementia Friendly Pioneer Valley Launches New Website

A growing coalition of partners led by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) has launched a new website focused on fostering the growth of age- and dementia friendly community work in the region. With the support of the Tufts Health Plan Foundation, the PVPC...