by Courtney Winger | Apr 4, 2014
Healthy Aging in the Commonwealth: Charting a Path Forward January 24, 2014 Poster Session Key Poster # Poster Title 1 ITNGreaterBoston “Social isolation adversely affects long-term health – reliable, caring transportation as a positive intervention to...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Mar 31, 2014 | Conferences
Cross-posted from Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly By Amy Schectman, President and CEO, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly I attended a wonderful American Society on Aging conference. I learned many things and reinforced my knowledge of other areas. At...
by Elizabeth Costello | Jan 21, 2014 | News and Updates
By Elizabeth Costello, JSI; Project Manager, www.mahealthyagingcollaborative.org Welcome to the new online home of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative! We’re thrilled to share this website with you today after many months of development. In 2012, members of...
by Courtney Winger | Jan 13, 2014
Nearly nine million seniors in the United States face the threat of hunger, an increase of 88 percent over a decade’s time. And, according to the national hunger-relief organization Feeding America, the number of food insecure seniors will increase by 50 percent when...
by Courtney Winger | Jan 13, 2014
In 2005, Hebrew SeniorLife was instrumental in creating and piloting a new evidence-based program for seniors focused on nutrition. The program – Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults™ – now serves more than 1,000 older adults annually and is available...