by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Mar 11, 2015
The purpose of this guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity. It describes the converging trends of rapid growth of the population over 60 years of age and of urbanization, outlines the...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Mar 11, 2015
Explore this new website from the WHO to share information about the age-friendly cities and communities movement across the world. The website includes a resource library and examples of age-friendly communities in practice.
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Mar 11, 2015
The WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities (the Network) was established to foster the exchange of experience and mutual learning between cities and communities worldwide striving to better meet the needs of their older residents. Use this website...
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 | Jan 23, 2015
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...
