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Massachusetts Healthy Aging
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News and Updates
Social Security Administration Announces Requirement for In-Person or Online Identity Checks, Ending Phone Option
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced - and multiple news reports from the AP to the Boston Globe outline - changes that will require recipients and applicants to show up in-person to agency offices instead of being able to engage over the phone. The...
Older Adult Homelessness Trends Highlighted by Bipartisan Policy Center
More than 104,000 people aged 55-64 and 42,150 people over 64 were counted as homeless and nearly half were unsheltered, according to analysis of the Bipartisan Policy Center of 2024 data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD released its...
NAC Policy Brief: The Role of Medicaid in Supporting Family Caregivers
The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) is a non-profit coalition of national organizations who share a vision of a society that values, supports and empowers family caregivers to thrive at home, work and life. NAC recently released "Policy Brief: The Role of...