by James Fuccione | Aug 22, 2019 | News and Updates
The Municipal Advocate magazine, published and distributed by the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) to thousands of municipal and state officials across the Commonwealth, features the Age- and Dementia Friendly community movement in its latest edition. The...
by James Fuccione | Aug 21, 2019 | News and Updates
The Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds (the Funds) are committed to disrupting and removing barriers to health – structural and institutional racism, poverty, and deep power imbalances – through community-centered policy, systems, and environmental...
by James Fuccione | Aug 14, 2019 | News and Updates
Any city or town that is a member of the Massachusetts Municipal Association may apply for the MMA’s Kenneth Pickard Municipal Innovation Award, which recognizes municipalities that have developed unique and creative projects and programs to increase the effectiveness...
by James Fuccione | Jul 31, 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 June and July 2019 on the momentum of this...
by James Fuccione | Jul 24, 2019 | News and Updates
Communities across Massachusetts have established Memory Cafes, which are free social programs for people living with dementia and those who care about them. An updated version of the Memory Cafe Toolkit for those starting or maintaining these programs is now live at...
