by James Fuccione | May 1, 2019 | News and Updates
As part of a summit that included several state and local officials, the Age and Dementia Friendly Cape Ann initiative accepted Age-Friendly designation certificates from AARP and Dementia Friendly pledge acknowledgement from Dementia Friendly Massachusetts and the...
by James Fuccione | Mar 8, 2019 | News and Updates
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly. Check out the following articles from February 2019 on the momentum of this...
by James Fuccione | Dec 28, 2018 | News and Updates, Stories from the Field
Thanks to The Giving Voice Initiative, communities seeking to become Age- and Dementia Friendly have another way to be inclusive. The organization provides a free toolkit to help communities establish choirs that actively recruit participants living with memory loss...
by James Fuccione | Nov 16, 2018 | Programs
Dementia Friendly Massachusetts (DFM) is currently seeking a person(s) knowledgeable about the field of dementia to serve as an ambassador(s) to augment DFM’s staff outreach to cultural and linguistic minority communities and leaders. A limited stipend will be...
by James Fuccione | Sep 20, 2018 | Stories from the Field, Systems and Best Practices
On it’s 200th anniversary, the Topsfield Fair, the olderst agricultural fair in the country, will also be the first to become “Dementia Friendly.” Hundreds of staff and volunteers who will be working at the Topsfield Fair have been trained to...