by James Fuccione | Mar 5, 2020 | News and Updates
The Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) released a letter promoting a website with extensive information relative to the Coronavirus and meant to be a “source of truth” at: mass.gov/2019coronavirus. It is updated with more information on a regular basis. The...
by James Fuccione | Jan 23, 2020 | News and Updates
Looking to save money on your Medicare Coverage? A new law that took effect this month may help. Officials from the Baker-Polito Administration and City of Boston kicked-off the expansion of Medicare Savings Programs in Massachusetts during a recent community event in...
by James Fuccione | Dec 18, 2019 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
Although hospital readmission rates decreased overall in recent years for patients age 65 and older, both the volume and rate of readmissions increase with older patient age groups. For example, patients aged 85 and over had the highest readmission rate in 2018...
by James Fuccione | Nov 24, 2019 | News and Updates
Based on public messaging research, the Massachusetts Coalition on Serious Illness Care developed the Good Talk Toolkit to be a resource that supplements your organization’s capacity to build awareness and understanding for advance care planning. The messaging and...
by James Fuccione | Oct 30, 2019 | News and Updates
A new survey of more than 2,700 older patients and caregivers from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) and WebMD assesses opinions on Age-Friendly Health Care, which require attention to what matters to the older person and their caregivers in order to ensure...