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Intergenerational Digital Equity Programming that Combats Isolation
LBFE Boston helps prevent social isolation by offering free, intergenerational, digital equity, and arts programs to older adults in public/affordable senior housing and community centers.
Utilizing Senior and Veterans Tax Work-Off Programs
These programs are an effective way of creating lasting, positive relationships with community participants. They can be the means of getting some help that your budget may not allow, such as Memory Café leadership, Age- and Dementia-Friendly Action Team leaders, meal deliverers, receptionists, greeters, etc. If you can dream it up, it’s possible!
Homelessness Prevention through the MA Statewide Hoarding Taskforce
Our behavioral health colleagues at the MA Association of Mental Health (MAMH) received a two-year grant from the Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds that will enable the MA Hoarding Resource Network to focus on stabilizing housing and strengthening eviction prevention for people living with hoarding disorder.
Four Quick Healthy Aging Updates
How do you participate in ActiveAgers? We’re receiving this question often and thrilled to see the interest! If you’re running any physical activity...
The Home Modification Loan Program in MA
HMLP provides loans that support projects that may include: ramp and lifts, bathroom and kitchen adaptations, sensory integration spaces, fencing, and, as noted, accessory dwelling units. It’s all about increasing accessibility.
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging Publishes The Consequences of Clutter
Some may remember that in March of this year the US Senate’s Special Committee on Aging distributed an RFI, seeking written testimony from people...
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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Advocacy Needed to Protect Meals on Wheels
Mass Aging Access, the membership and advocacy organization for Aging Services Access Points in MA, has issued an advocacy alert to protect Meals on Wheels.
Practical Philosophy for COAs: New Resources to Support Older Adults, Caregivers & Staff
At the Massachusetts Councils on Aging, we are always looking for creative, meaningful ways to support older adults, caregivers, and the professionals who serve them every day. That’s why we are excited to introduce a new collaboration with a passionate group of...