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”...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Apr 11, 2016
The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed an Age-Friendly Communities Evaluation Guide as part of its commitment to promote the Age-Friendly Community model throughout Canada. The guide provides information and tools to measure indicators of age-friendliness....
by Elizabeth Costello | Mar 23, 2016
This report from Grantmakers in Aging sets the stage and provides a value-proposition for age-friendly communities.
