by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jul 29, 2014
The Healthy Community Design Toolkit provides health advocates with a path to improve community health. The second edition of this report has a focus on aging.
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jul 28, 2014 | Stories from the Field
By Dillon Sussman, Senior Planner, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission One of the joys of being a land planner is that what I learn at work helps me understand how communities function and why people act the way they do. Here’s an example. A year ago I moved from one...
by Courtney Winger | Jan 21, 2014
Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s seeks to fund programs that will move communities, particularly the most vulnerable, toward accomplishing the World Health Organization’s goals for Age-friendly Cities. Specifically in the area of Systems and Best Practices, the...
by Courtney Winger | Dec 2, 2013
In affiliation with the World Health Organization, the AARP launched the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities. This resource describes this initiative.
by Courtney Winger | Dec 2, 2013
Source: World Health Organization This checklist of essential features of age-friendly cities is a tool for a city’s self-assessment and a map for charting progress.