by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 6, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from The Boston Globe Salem is seeking community feedback on a draft plan outlining how the city can best meet the needs of its older residents. The city earlier this year became the third community in Massachusetts to join the American Association of...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 24, 2016 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from Wicked Local Waltham By Bill Whelan, Waltham News Tribune With a growing senior population, what needs to happen to make Waltham a better community for healthy aging? This was the question posed by Brandeis professor Walter Leutz in his recent study,...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jun 29, 2016 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
By Walter Leutz, Heller School, Brandeis University What makes this a “healthy” community to grow old in? What could make it better? What do older adults do to be healthier and to make this a healthier community? These are the questions asked by “Healthy Aging:...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | May 12, 2016 | Conferences, News and Updates
By the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative web team “What does it take?” That was the question attendees grappled with at the Dementia Friendly Massachusetts Summit on Monday, May 9, 2016.What does it take to build a dementia friendly community—a community that...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | May 3, 2016 | News and Updates
By the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) The concept of healthy aging through community design creates opportunities for municipalities to promote healthy aging by addressing the built environment. It also builds on the widely recognized “8 – 80”...