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Massachusetts Healthy Aging
Collaborative
Support and connect communities to promote age- and dementia-friendly practices, plans, and policies
News and Updates
Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: ACL Grants Supporting Nutrition and Falls Prevention, Mass Broadband Institute
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that support inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Retrofit Ancillary Grantee (RANGE) Program (funding round opens Aug. 4th) The Residential Retrofit...
Governor Healey Creates Statewide Task Force to Prevent Hunger
Governor Maura Healey recently signed an Executive Order creating an Anti-Hunger Task Force that will work to prevent Massachusetts families from going hungry as President Trump cuts food assistance for children, older adults, veterans and people with disabilities....
NCOA Research Develops Effective Messaging for Preventing Falls
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) recently blogged about research to help define effective messaging to help prevent falls among older adults. NCOA created three messaging themes that tested with focus groups of older adults in-person and online. The themes...