by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Feb 3, 2016
The Collective Impact Forum is a resource for people and organizations using the collective impact approach to address large-scale social and environmental problems. Supported by a partnership with FSG and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, the...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Nov 13, 2015 | News and Updates
The City of Salem has officially joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities. On October 22, 2015, AARP presented Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll with a certificate congratulating the city, the mayor, and committee members on their work to make Salem more livable for...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 21, 2015 | News and Updates
Cross-posted from CityLab By Amy Crawford “You’ll have to excuse us, because we’re about to serve lunch, and it’s total chaos,” says Marilyn Hurwitz, striding through the busy lobby of the Swampscott Senior Center toward a multipurpose room where some three dozen...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 21, 2015
Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices is a research report by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the AARP Public Policy Institute that offers state legislators and officials examples of state laws, policies, and programs...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Oct 21, 2015
This study looks at two global issues in aging: the global populating is aging at an unprecedented rate, and the global urban population is now larger than the rural population. Case studies examining the following ten European cities including Amsterdam, Berlin,...