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 | Jun 23, 2016
The Age-Friendly Boston iinitiative challenges the city’s public agencies, community groups, businesses, cultural, educational and religious institutions to consider how changes to policy and practice can enhance the quality of life for Boston’s aging residents. This...
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 Elizabeth Costello | May 4, 2016
This document provides an update on the second and third years of the Brookline (MA) Age-Friendly City initiative.
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”...
