TIME: As America Ages, Fewer Older Adults Provided Home-Delivered and Group Meals

by James Fuccione | Aug 28, 2019 | Data and Reports, News and Updates

TIME Magazine published an article examining a national trend of an aging population contrasted with support for home-delivered and group meals that lag behind the demographic shift and inflation. The article notes that “the biggest chunk of [Older Americans...

Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging: September 2019

by James Fuccione | Aug 21, 2019 | Conferences

There is never a shortage of events and activities for promoting and supporting healthy aging in Massachusetts! Here are a few opportunities across the state coming up in September: Dementia Friendly Massachusetts “Idea Exchanges” Dementia Friendly...

Age-Friendly Boston Reveals ‘Year Two’ Achievements

by James Fuccione | Jul 25, 2019 | Data and Reports, News and Updates

The City of Boston’s Age-Friendly initiative continues to make great strides to support older adults and people living with Dementia and a few of those accomplishments are highlighted in a ‘Year Two’ achievements report. Among the exciting changes...

Join Tufts Health Plan Foundation for Info Session on Policy and Advocacy Grants

by James Fuccione | Jun 3, 2019 | News and Updates

Tufts Health Plan Foundation is offering an online information session on Wednesday, June 19.  The session is open to community organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island working to make their communities better places to grow up and...

Controversial ‘Public Charge’ Proposed Rule Draws Comments from State Officials, Orgs

by James Fuccione | Dec 10, 2018 | News and Updates

A controversial proposed rule submitted on October 10 by the Trump administration – via draft regulation changes under the Department of Homeland Security –  sought to amend “public charge” policies that determine how the use of public benefits impact a...