The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative and MassMobility are partnering to help municipalities and organizations overcome transportation barriers – starting by recognizing the creative and effective work already underway in communities across the Commonwealth. A...
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Governor Baker, Advocates Celebrate Expanded Eligibility for Medicare Savings Program
Governor Charlie Baker joined Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders and leaders of health care advocacy organizations on September 16th for a ceremonial signing of key sections of the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget that aim to create health care savings...
Travel Training and Aging Service Providers: Three Example
If you are interested in learning how agencies are supporting older adults in learning to use fixed-route public transit services such as the bus, please join MassMobility at an upcoming event at Greater Lynn Senior Services from 10:00am to noon on September 24th....
Nearly 20 Communities Awarded Complete Streets Funding
Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito joined Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver, and local officials in Springfield to announce funding awards totaling $5.1 million to eighteen communities through the Complete...
National Institute on Aging Awards $53.4 Million to Brown University, Hebrew SeniorLife to Advance Dementia Research
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a five-year grant expected to total $53.4 million to Brown University and Boston-based Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) to lead a nationwide effort to improve health care and quality of life for people living with Alzheimer’s...
Intergenerational Symposium to be held at Lasell University
Are you purposefully bringing together people of different ages like older adults and youth? Would you like to start but you’re not sure how? Attend the second annual Intergenerational Symposium: Developing Your Toolbox, coordinated by Bridges Together with the...
Innovative Stable Housing Initiative Hosting ‘Idea Incubator’ Event
The Innovative Stable Housing Initiative (ISHI) is a pilot project funded by Boston Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital as part of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Determination of Need Community Health...
CDC Releases Spanish Language Infographics on Caregiving and Subjective Cognitive Decline
In concert with National Hispanic Heritage Month, CDC has released Spanish Language versions of Caregiving and Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) Infographics using 2015–2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. The Spanish language infographics...
Boston MPO Accepting Comments on Human Services Transportation Plan
The Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will accept comments on the draft Coordinated Public Transit–Human Services Transportation (CPT–HST) Plan, also called the Coordinated Plan, (pdf) (html) until September 16, 2019. The Coordinated Plan supports...
Upcoming Webinar on Celebrating Diversity Hosted by Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging
The Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging, which covers the northern New England states, is hosting a webinar titled "Celebrating Diversity: Promoting community inclusion and access to community supports and health services." The webinar will take place on...