Dementia Friendly Design Considerations for Physical Infrastructure

by James Fuccione | May 31, 2024

The Massachusetts Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and All Other Dementias created a workgroup with a goal of defining age-and dementia friendly design considerations for physical infrastructure, disseminating those findings and advocating for their inclusion...

Report: How Innovative Community Responses to COVID-19 Support Healthy Aging

by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 9, 2020

A new report offers insights from communities’ response during the coronavirus pandemic and demonstrates their nimbleness in creating more inclusive and equitable systems to support older people. How Innovative Community Responses to COVID-19 Support Healthy Aging is...

Building Inclusive Communities: A Guidebook for Advancing Health Equity in the MetroWest Region

by James Fuccione | Mar 5, 2020

While the title and geographic scope of the foundation’s work resides in the MetroWest region, the definitions, data and tools available in this resource can be used by any community. It should also draw special interest from Age- and Dementia Friendly stakeholders...

A Report on Demographics, Programs, and Services for an Age- and Dementia-Friendly Commonwealth: What We Have and What We Need

by James Fuccione | Jun 1, 2019

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Jewish Family & Children’s Service, and the Tufts Health Plan Foundation convened a summit on May 9, 2016 that brought together leaders from 84 organizations interested in age-friendly and dementia-friendly...

AARP: Engaging the Community to Create Community

by James Fuccione | May 23, 2019

Using Cities of Service’s citizen engagement model and experience helping mayors work with residents to solve problems, as well as AARP’s age-friendly-communities model and experience working with communities and volunteers, this free booklet offers examples of...