First Director Hired for Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative

by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jan 19, 2017 | News and Updates

By the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative web team The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative announced today that James Fuccione will direct the group’s activities and initiatives as senior director, a new position created to advance age-friendly...

Healthy Aging through Healthy Community Design

by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | May 3, 2016 | News and Updates

By the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) The concept of healthy aging through community design creates opportunities for municipalities to promote healthy aging by addressing the built environment. It also builds on the widely recognized “8 – 80”...

Healthy community design

by Elizabeth Costello | May 3, 2016

Incorporating healthy aging principles that foster active living and access to healthy foods into community planning, land use, and transportation decisions is critical to supporting healthy aging across the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health...

8. Other age-friendly community models

by hbrack | Feb 3, 2016

OTHER AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY MODELS In addition to the WHO and AARP age-friendly community networks, and the Dementia Friendly community work, other models and initiatives exists to support communities in becoming more age-friendly across Massachusetts and the U.S.,...

Independence—It’s What Older People Want

by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Dec 1, 2015 | Data and Reports

Cross-posted from Health Affairs Blog By Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, President of the John A Hartford Foundation We already know what older people want.  A study from the National Conference of State Legislatures and AARP, as well as other studies, confirm, time and...