by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jan 23, 2015
By Beth Soltzberg, Program Coordinator, Jewish Family & Children’s Services “After he was diagnosed, all of our friends disappeared.” These were the words of a guest at Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS)’ Memory Café about her husband’s...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Aug 5, 2014 | Programs, Stories from the Field
By Beth Soltzberg, Program Coordinator, Jewish Family & Children’s Services “After he was diagnosed, all of our friends disappeared.” These were the words of a guest at Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS)’ Memory Café about her husband’s...
by Courtney Winger | Mar 31, 2014
View this poster presented at the 2014 Healthy Aging Forum, “Dance for Health: Promoting Physical, Mental, and Social Well-Being for Older Adults in Southwest Boston.”
by Courtney Winger | Dec 23, 2013
In 2011, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted a convening to showcase studies and evidence-based programs that have identified outcomes from arts interventions. The resulting white paper proposes a...
by Courtney Winger | Dec 16, 2013
Of the 1,450 low-income older adults living in Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly’s (JCHE) Brighton, Newton and Framingham communities, a large percentage is first-generation immigrants. On the Brighton campus, which is JCHE’s largest community, 900 residents...
