by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Mar 10, 2015 | Member Spotlight
Dr. Frank Caro is co-founder of the Brookline Community Aging Network, a volunteer-driven organization with a mission to make Brookline a better place to grow old. What is the Brookline Community Aging Network? The Brookline Community Aging Network (BrooklineCAN) is a...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Sep 29, 2014 | Programs, Stories from the Field
By Jaime Corliss and Ben Wood, MDPH and Julie Kelly, Fall River Mass in Motion Public health people love to talk about Policy, Systems and Environmental change (PSE for short). You probably have an understanding of what this concept means (and you may be sick of...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Sep 4, 2014 | Programs, Stories from the Field
By Ann L. Hartstein, Secretary, Executive Office of Elder Affairs September is Healthy Aging month, and healthy living is the path to healthy aging. Five years ago the Patrick Administration launched its Aging Agenda, just ahead of the Baby Boomer Age In, which began...
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...
