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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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Come hear the results of the surveys you completed for UMass Boston!
Do you remember receiving two surveys last spring focused on inclusion at COAs? The research team from UMass Boston Gerontology is back to follow-up with the network. They will share data highlights and preliminary recommendations to support the COA network in their...
Seeking Dementia Caregivers to Help the MA Alzheimer’s Advisory Council Understand the Financial Impact of Dementia on Individuals and Families
The Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Advisory Council would like to improve its understanding of the financial implications of dementia. The Council is asking for your help in identifying dementia caregivers or their loved ones to discuss this topic with them. Volunteers...
Join the Boston College School of Social Work and the Massachusetts Coalition to Build Community & End Loneliness
... in their effort to understand how organizations in Massachusetts are responding (or not responding) to the public health epidemic of loneliness and social isolation! Stage one of this statewide survey will be focused on the work of Councils on Aging (COAs). In...