While transportation infrastructure and services investments are being made broadly across the Commonwealth, bus stops are one place for a local community to start and make an incredible impact on residents. To help communities working to become age- and dementia...
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‘Transit for All Program’ Offering Free Technical Assistance Opportunity
The Transit Planning for All Program, (TP4A) which is funded by the Administration for Community Living of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a transportation-planning project that seeks to explore and promote the practice of inclusive planning. TP4A...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: The 2022 AARP 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. This year, applications will be accepted for projects to improve public spaces; housing; transportation; civic...
MassDOT Promotes Tools to Help Communities Address Vehicle Speed Management
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has added data and tools that can help communities, including those working to become more age-friendly, to address vehicle speed management. MassDOT hosts a crash data portal where users can view preliminary...
Joint Center for Housing Studies “America’s Rental Housing 2022” Report Includes Data Findings on Older Renters
Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates and driving up rents, according to America’s Rental Housing 2022, a new report released by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. The report includes a range of...
The ‘Experience Matters’ Program Highlights the Value of Older Adult Volunteers
Cities of Service launched the Experience Matters program in 2019 in partnership with AARP where five participating cities engaged residents aged 50+ to tackle public problems. Each city received $30,000 and technical assistance from Cities of Service. Full-time...
Submit Your Age- and Dementia Friendly Work, Stories, and Photos for the ReiMAgine Aging Progress Report
To inform the ReiMAgine Aging; Year 3 Progress Report, which will look to capture the incredible age- and dementia friendly work of 2021, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is joining the Executive Office of Elder Affairs in asking its statewide network 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: City of Boston Alzheimer's Community Forum (via Zoom: Feb. 8th, 5:30-7:00...
AARP Policy Institute Advocates for Research and Policy Change to Improve Medication Literacy
In a "spotlight" research report, AARP's Public Policy Institute advocates for separating medication literacy from health literacy as 86 percent of adults ages 65 and older regularly take at least one prescription medication and the average Medicare beneficiary takes...
‘Hybrid Engagement Hub’ Promotes Tools for Running Remote and In-Person Meetings
As age-and dementia friendly communities, municipal partners and other stakeholders continue to engage the public to accommodate those attending in-person and remote, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) developed the "Hybrid Engagement Hub" with tools to...