by James Fuccione | Dec 16, 2020 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
A new report from The Fenway Institute finds that older LGBTQ adults in the Commonwealth report being diagnosed with depression at twice the rate of their straight, cisgender peers, and are twice as likely to fall and be injured in a fall over the past year. It also...
by James Fuccione | Dec 9, 2020 | News and Updates
The RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies at Lasell University is working with the Massachusetts Gerontology Association (MGA) to raise awareness about careers in aging and explore ways to connect students at our colleges and...
by James Fuccione | Nov 18, 2020 | News and Updates
Informed by data and stakeholder interviews, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office released a report, “Building Toward Racial Justice and Equity in Health: A Call to Action,” meant to lay out ways stakeholders should come together to address...
by James Fuccione | Nov 11, 2020 | News and Updates
Recently, leaders from the John A. Hartford Foundation, Milbank Memorial Fund, Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative and four age- and dementia friendly community initiatives in Massachusetts joined together for a webinar titled “A Conversation on Healthy...
by James Fuccione | Nov 4, 2020 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
According to a new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and the AARP Public Policy Institute, which examines the AARP Livability Index, there are significant differences between who has access to the country’s most livable...