This September, the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC) is demonstrating how senior centers are integral parts of aging well. Senior centers are a key asset for individuals to age healthily, and also for communities to properly support older adults. NISC and...
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TIME: As America Ages, Fewer Older Adults Provided Home-Delivered and Group Meals
TIME Magazine published an article examining a national trend of an aging population contrasted with support for home-delivered and group meals that lag behind the demographic shift and inflation. The article notes that "the biggest chunk of [Older Americans Act]...
Medicare Plan Finder Gets an Update from CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder, which is the most used tool on Medicare.gov. The Medicare Plan Finder allows users to shop and compare Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. The updated...
Municipal Advocate Magazine Dedicated to Age- and Dementia Friendly Community Movement
The Municipal Advocate magazine, published and distributed by the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) to thousands of municipal and state officials across the Commonwealth, features the Age- and Dementia Friendly community movement in its latest edition. The...
Age- and Dementia Friendly Funding Alert: DoN Community Health Funds
The Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds (the Funds) are committed to disrupting and removing barriers to health – structural and institutional racism, poverty, and deep power imbalances – through community-centered policy, systems, and environmental...
American Planning Association Accepting National Planning Awards Submissions for 2020
The American Planning Association's National Planning Awards honor planning efforts, initiatives, and individuals working to make communities of lasting value for all. Award recipients are celebrated annually at APA's National Planning Conference during a special...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging: September 2019
There is never a shortage of events and activities for promoting and supporting healthy aging in Massachusetts! Here are a few opportunities across the state coming up in September: Dementia Friendly Massachusetts "Idea Exchanges" Dementia Friendly Massachusetts is...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MassDOT Workforce Transportation Program
Thanks to our partners at MassMobility, the Healthy Aging Collaborative is passing on a new funding stream from MassDOT, which announced a new workforce transportation funding opportunity, with applications due September 27. For additional transportation funding...
Reframing Aging Training Announced by Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Are you a policymaker, aging advocate, nonprofit leader or other professional working on issues and programs important to older people? Find it challenging to make your case? Join the Tufts Health Plan Foundation for a free webinar to learn how reframing your messages...
US HHS Warns Medicare Consumers About Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving genetic testing. Scammers are offering Medicare beneficiaries cheek swabs for genetic testing to obtain their Medicare information...