With a goal to raise awareness around services and supports for older adults and caregivers, the Massachusetts Adult Immunization Coalition and Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative have partnered to create an informational resource available in multiple languages...
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Issue Brief – Medicare and Telehealth: Coverage and Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Options for the Future
An issue brief published by Kaiser Family Foundation dives into the rapid expansion of telehealth during the pandemic. For example, among the vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries with a usual source of care (95%), such as a doctor or other health professional, or a...
Greater Boston Food Bank Reports on Food Insecurity During Pandemic
Massachusetts saw an overall increase in food insecurity of 55 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to a new survey conducted by The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) in collaboration with the National Food Access and COVID Research Team (NFACT) and funded by the Hunger...
Equity in Aging – News, Notes and Events
With the launch of Equity in Aging from the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, AARP Massachusetts and the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, we will be periodically sharing news, resources and upcoming events on the topic that may be of interest...
MAPC Seeks Feedback on MetroCommon2050, the Greater Boston Region’s Long Term Plan
MetroCommon2050 is Greater Boston’s next long-range regional plan. It's a plan for all of the 101 cities and towns and countless neighborhoods of the region of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). Through research and community engagement, MAPC gathered...
AARP and Congress for the New Urbanism Release ‘A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods’
A new toolkit developed by AARP Livable Communities and the Congress for the New Urbanism called Enabling Better Places: A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods provides options for communities to consider as they identify and select small-scale, incremental policy...
Discounts via FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Start May 12
The Federal Communications Commission today (5/12) kicked off the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this program will make available up to $3.2 billion worth of consumer discounts on broadband services and equipment like computers and...
Join Us for ‘Celebrating Community Strength’ Event to Release ReiMAgine Aging’s Year Two Progress Report
On Thursday, May 27th from 10:30 to 11:30 AM we will be holding a virtual celebration to recognize Older Americans Month and release the Massachusetts ReiMAgine Aging: Year Two Progress Report. Cohosted with the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, AARP Massachusetts,...
Alzheimer’s Advisory Council Releases Massachusetts State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
The Massachusetts Alzheimer's Advisory Council, established under Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2018, released the Massachusetts State Plan on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias are a large and growing public health...
National Poll on Healthy Aging Reveals Findings on Older Adult Mental Health During the Pandemic
According to new findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging, nearly one in five older adults say their mental health has gotten worse since the pandemic began in March 2020, and an equal percentage say their sleep has suffered in that time too. More than one in...