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Tags: Age-Friendly Communities, National
Format: Website
In affiliation with the World Health Organization, the AARP launched the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities. This resource describes this initiative.
Tags: Age-Friendly Communities
Format: PDF
Source: World Health Organization
This checklist of essential features of age-friendly cities is a tool for a city’s self-assessment and a map for charting progress.
Tags: Education, Family Caregiving, Policy
Format: Website
The Family Caregiver Alliance is a national center on caregiving that addresses the needs of families and friends providing long-term. Find information on caregiver education, policy and more.
Tags: Data, Intergenerational Programs, Massachusetts, Older Workers, Retirement
Format: Website
The Center on Aging and Work at Boston College promotes quality of employment in a multi-generational workforce. Visit this website for publications, current research, a facts and literature database surrounding aging and work and more.
Tags: Housing, Massachusetts, Mental Health
Format: PDF
Source: Jewish Family & Children’s Service
This guide is written to address the mental health issues that often face residents in housing for older adults and contains basic information about mental illnesses, and tips, techniques and suggested language for working with residents with mental illnesses.
Tags: Massachusetts, Substance Abuse
Format: Website
This website has reports from the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services – Older Adults.