by James Fuccione | May 31, 2023 | News and Updates
The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently awarded $18.3M to organizations and communities across Massachusetts to create or enhance services that provide short-term relief to family members or primary caregivers of individuals with complex needs. The 42 awardees...
by James Fuccione | May 24, 2023 | News and Updates
The AARP Livable Communities team put together a list of “Fare-Free and Low-Cost ‘Age-Friendly’ Transportation Options” for their newsletter and included the Salem Skipper as one of the featured best practices. Alongside other age-friendly communities from...
by James Fuccione | May 18, 2023 | Data and Reports
In their annually-released report, Smart Growth America scores the strongest Complete Street policies from across the country. Complete Streets policies are a jurisdiction’s formal commitment to fund, plan for, construct, operate, and maintain their streets so they...
by James Fuccione | Apr 26, 2023 | News and Updates
Joined by people with disabilities, family caregivers, long-term care workers, early educators, veterans, and aging advocates, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that includes more than 50 directives to nearly every cabinet-level agency to expand access to...
by James Fuccione | Apr 26, 2023 | Conferences, News and Updates
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities in the age- and dementia friendly community movement to check out the following events and opportunities: Technology Learning Collaborative for Healthy Aging (May 1, 12:30-2:00 pm –...
