by James Fuccione | Aug 25, 2021 | Data and Reports
The age-friendly movement is already based largely around improving social determinants of health, but a recent Yale study provides more incentive for such changes. The study finds that a person’s ZIP code can also help predict how long older adults remain...
by James Fuccione | Aug 18, 2021 | News and Updates
The Baker Administration’s Community Compact Best Practices Program – a voluntary, mutual agreement entered into between the Baker-Polito Administration and individual cities and towns of the Commonwealth – opened August 15 and will remain so until...
by James Fuccione | Aug 18, 2021 | News and Updates
Cambridge-based, tech nonprofit Housing Navigator Massachusetts, Inc. [HNMI] announced the launch of its affordable housing search tool today, the first website search tool of its kind to be offered in the state. The effort is a public private partnership announced in...
by James Fuccione | Aug 11, 2021 | News and Updates
The American Rescue Plan & Older Adults: Opportunities and Resources for Local Leaders — a free, 31-page downloadable report prepared by Funkhouser & Associates in partnership with AARP — provides an overview of the Department of Treasury’s guidance and...
by James Fuccione | Aug 11, 2021 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
As the population of older adults in the United States grows, alongside an increasing recognition of the salience of social determinants of health, the value of a public health approach to supporting the well-being of older adults is clear, according to an issue brief...
