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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 Membership Meeting Via Zoom September 5, 2024 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
MCOA Membership Meeting Via Zoom September 5, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Agenda 10:00 Welcome Emily Shea, MCOA Board Chair 10:05 Art Pharmacy Adrienne Hundley, Head of Community Strategy 10:50 MCOA New Training Series Andrea Cordis, Training and Education...
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 programs through your center, you’re essentially participating. To make it official, submit a summary of your classes...
Cooling Centers at Senior Centers
Many Senior Centers and other public buildings in Massachusetts are designated Cooling Centers. The Mass.gov website has a page devoted to the creation and implementation of Cooling Centers, which offers many good ideas. These ideas seem obvious when encountered in a...
The Home Modification Loan Program in MA
The mic-drop moment at the July 11 Outreach meeting was when the presenter, Tim O’Reilly, who manages building projects for Backyard ADUs, shared that Massachusetts’ Home Modification Loan Program (HMLP) will provide 0% interest loans of up to $50K to eligible...
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 with lived experience and other stakeholders on the effects of hoarding. Committee members have finished their report, and...