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Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging: September 2019

Aug 21, 2019

There is never a shortage of events and activities for promoting and supporting healthy aging in Massachusetts!

Here are a few opportunities across the state coming up in September:

Dementia Friendly Massachusetts “Idea Exchanges”

Dementia Friendly Massachusetts is hosting a series of meetings across the state during the month of September focused on working with local officials with a theme of “Making the Case for Building a Dementia- Friendly Community”. A local elected official will participate in each meeting to inform the conversation.

For more information and to register for any of the meetings, visit the Dementia Friendly MA webpage.

The Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol Program Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

Their conference will take place on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at the Marriott Peabody, 8A Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA, 01960 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Former Tufts Health Plan CEO James Roosevelt, Jr will be the keynote speaker.

Register Today by clicking here and click here to download our conference Save the Date card.

2nd Annual Age Friendly Berkshires 50+ Job Fair

Age-Friendly Berkshires is promoting their second annual 50+ job fair on Monday, September 23, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA.

Come out and celebrate Older Workers Week with Age Friendly Berkshires co-sponsored with MassHire and Elder Services of Berkshire County, Inc, with additional support from AARP Massachusetts.

Location:Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA 01201
Contact:MASSHIRE Berkshire Career Center, 413-499-2220 x110 for more information
Register: https://masshireberkshirecc.com/event/50-plus-job-fair/

Reframing Aging Training: What You Need to Know to Communicate More Effectively

In case you missed it, the Tufts Health Plan Foundation is hosting two opportunities to join a webinar on August 27th and/or September 11th focused on the Reframing Aging communication strategies developed by the Frameworks institute.

Details and registration are available here.