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My Healthy Brain: When Research and Community Partnerships Come Together

A collaborative initiative between MCOA, Mass General Brigham researchers, and local Councils on Aging is helping older adults take an active role in their brain health—with promising early results. What happens when leading researchers partner with the people who...

A Voice for Older Adults: Patricia Baker Honored with 2026 David P. Stevens Advocacy Award

Recognizing a lifetime of advocacy, collaboration, and commitment to ensuring older adults have access to the resources they need to thrive. Advocacy is about more than changing policies. It's about listening, building relationships, removing barriers, and making sure...

Connecting Massachusetts: MCOA’s New Statewide Senior Planet Initiative

A new statewide initiative will expand opportunities for older adults to build digital confidence, explore technology, and stay connected to the world around them. Technology touches nearly every part of daily life. From connecting with family and friends to managing...

Focused on What Matters: Explore the Winning Photographs and Stories

Stories Through the Lens MCOA's First Annual Photo Contest 63 Entries. 125 Photographs. Countless Stories. Sometimes a photograph tells a story that numbers alone cannot. For our inaugural photo contest, Focused on What Matters: Supporting Our Older Adults, Councils...

Innovation Has No Age Limit: Ashland’s Award-Winning Digital Literacy Lab

How one Council on Aging transformed an aging computer lab into a welcoming space for learning, confidence, and connection. Sometimes innovation doesn't mean building something new. It means looking at what already exists and imagining what it could become. That's...

Leadership in Action: Meet 2026 Director of the Year Michelle Kelleher

Lexington's Senior Services Director demonstrates how collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to inclusion can strengthen an entire community. Great leadership isn't always measured by the number of programs offered or events organized. Sometimes, it's measured by...

For National Senior Center Month, an Irish “Men’s Shed” offers an idea worth bringing home.

Last year, while traveling in County Cork, Ireland, my husband and I visited a Men’s Shed in Allihies. We expected to see a workshop. What we found was something much bigger: a place where men could build things, contribute to their community, learn new skills and,...

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MCOA Leads Dementia Friendly MA, Offering Resources and Grants

MCOA is the state lead for the Dementia Friendly Massachusetts (DFM) initiative, a community-based, grassroots movement to grow awareness, services, and infrastructure to support the lives of people living with dementia and their caregivers. Communities often choose to merge DFM goals with corresponding and overlapping goals for network membership in the Age-Friendly Massachusetts movement, which is steered by AARP-MA.

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MCOA Digital Equity & Senior Planet Readiness Survey

Building Digital Skills, Connections and Opportunities for Older Adults Across Massachusetts Estimated completion time: 15-20 minutes Introduction MCOA is exploring the opportunity to bring Senior Planet programming to more Councils on Aging and senior centers across...

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