Building partnerships through collaboration between assistive technology programs and long-term services and supports (LTSS) agencies is one way to expand awareness and facilitate access to AT devices and services. The AARP Public Policy Institute produced a report in...
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US HHS to Expand Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL), will provide nearly $100 million to help increase vaccinations among older...
Older Adult Population Driving Growth in Mass. ‘Dual Eligible’ Membership
According to Mass Medicaid Policy Institute's report, "A Primer on the Dual Eligible Population in Massachusetts," over the past five years, MassHealth dual eligible membership, which currently stands at 312,000 residents, has seen growth driven by its older...
Baker Administration Releases Phase 4 Updated Guidance to Health Care and Human Services Providers
As Massachusetts begins Phase 4, this week the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and respective agencies released a series of new guidance documents for health care and human service providers that supports the safe reopening of programs and provider sites...
Upcoming Age- and Dementia Friendly Webinars and Learning Opportunities
On behalf of our partners, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to share the following opportunities with our network. On-Demand Community Transportation: Three Examples from Maine and Massachusetts (Webinar) Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10-11:30am...
Conversation Guide Developed by IHI to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
To help health care staff and leaders have trust-building conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine, both at work and at home, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) developed a conversation guide based on their expertise and work. To view the guide, users can...
AARP’s Global Council on Brain Health Offers Recommendations Related to COVID-19
The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), an independent collaborative of scientists, health professionals, scholars, and policy experts from around the world who are working in areas of brain health related to human cognition, recently released a report offering...
Baker Administration Announces Vaccine Timeline for All Residents, Provides Weekly Dose Updates & $24.7 Million in Federal Funding for Vaccine Equity Initiative
The Baker Administration announced the timeline for all remaining residents to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The Administration also announced the weekly distribution of vaccine doses statewide for providers and a new $24.7 million investment in the...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: HUD, AARP Community Challenge, Mass. Broadband Institute
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages our network of communities and stakeholders to consider and promote the following funding opportunities (please scroll down to view multiple funding programs). HUD Older Adults Home Modification Program Grant -...
Poll Finds Big Shift in High-Risk Older Adults’ Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccination
Last fall, nearly half of older adults were on the fence about COVID-19 vaccination – or at least taking a wait-and-see attitude, according to a University of Michigan poll taken at the time. But a new follow-up poll shows that 71% of people in their 50s, 60s and 70s...