by James Fuccione | May 9, 2019 | News and Updates, Systems and Best Practices
Age-Friendly Communities interested in bringing intergenerational programming into senior housing now have a new toolkit from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Generations United. The Connecting Generations in Senior Housing: A Program Implementation...
by James Fuccione | May 1, 2019 | News and Updates
As part of a summit that included several state and local officials, the Age and Dementia Friendly Cape Ann initiative accepted Age-Friendly designation certificates from AARP and Dementia Friendly pledge acknowledgement from Dementia Friendly Massachusetts and the...
by James Fuccione | Apr 24, 2019 | News and Updates, Systems and Best Practices
The City of Salem, through the Salem for All Ages initiative and in partnership with the Salem Chamber of Commerce, has become the latest Age-Friendly Community to partner with its Chamber of Commerce and local business community on an Age-Friendly Business...
by James Fuccione | Apr 11, 2019 | News and Updates
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly. Check out the following articles from March to mid April 2019 on the momentum of...
by James Fuccione | Apr 3, 2019 | Systems and Best Practices
Two Massachusetts communities won Gold-level National Planning Achievement Awards from the American Planning Association. Boston won for its “Climate Ready Boston Report,” and Stoneham won for its Transportation Advocacy Committee. The Massachusetts...