AARP Connects Age-Friendly Communities with Resources to Promote Equity
AARP's Equity by Design global dialogue series highlighted critical lessons and opportunities from the pandemic to catalyze action among professionals in the fields that shape...
View ArticleEquity - Association of Community Cancer Centers names new president
Krista Nelson, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW, has been named president of Association of Community Cancer Centers. Nelson - who has served on the association's executive committee...
View ArticleEquity - New UMass-Boston Research Examines Economic Security for Older...
New estimates from the 2020 Elder Index from the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging at UMass-Boston shows that living expenses are high in metropolitan areas...
View ArticleEquity - National and State Reports Recommend Improvements to Long-Term Care...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the deep existing flaws in the long-term care system and elevated opportunities to better support healthcare workers, improve care, and...
View ArticleEquity - ‘Dangerous by Design 2021' Report Highlights Pedestrian Safety...
The most dangerous metro areas and states for people walking have been identified in Dangerous by Design 2021. The number of people struck and killed while walking has gone up...
View ArticleBaker Administration Announces Vaccine Timeline for All Residents, Provides...
The Baker Administration announced the timeline for all remaining residents to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The Administration also announced the weekly distribution of...
View ArticleEquity - Conversation Guide Developed by IHI to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
To help health care staff and leaders have trust-building conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine, both at work and at home, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed...
View ArticleEquity - Report from RWJF and Healthy Places by Design Recommends...
To amplify learning around social isolation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions team invested in six projects that reached diverse places and...
View ArticleJoin MHAC for ‘Equity in Aging' Webinar
Along with partners from AARP Massachusetts, the Public Health Institute of Western Mass., and UMass-Lowell, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is launching Equity...
View ArticleEquity - Report: Growing Assistive Technology Awareness through State...
Building partnerships through collaboration between assistive technology programs and long-term services and supports agencies is one way to expand awareness and facilitate...
View ArticleAge-Friendly Funding Alert: Tufts Health Plan Foundation, Boston Digital...
Periodically, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative shares funding opportunities that advance inclusive, age- and dementia friendly community efforts along with...
View ArticleEquity - Speaker: ‘Naming' racism, and the harm it causes, essential to...
Acknowledging racism is a primary cause of health inequities is necessary if the medical community is to begin working toward closing these gaps, according to the chief health...
View ArticleMHAC Launches ‘Equity in Aging' Committee and Ongoing Webinar Series
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative launched ‘ Equity in Aging ‘ in a kickoff webinar that featured resources and along with age- and dementia friendly...
View ArticleEquity - Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Community Transit Grants, Transportation...
Thanks to our partners at MassMobility for highlighting the following funding opportunities focused on transportation. For more recent funding alerts, see our previous posts...
View ArticleEquity - Upcoming Events Supporting Healthy Aging: LGBT Elders Conference,...
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following upcoming events and opportunities to help create inclusive age- and dementia friendly...
View ArticleEquity - Promoting the Language of ‘Reframing Aging' During Older Americans...
With the theme of Older Americans Month being “Communities of Strength,” the organization Changing the Narrative is taking the opportunity to promote positive and constructive...
View ArticleEquity - Report: Growing with Age - Unlocking the Power of the...
Inclusion in the workplace, including older workers, can strengthen business resilience to provide a competitive advantage, according to a report and toolkit from AARP...
View ArticleEquity in Aging - News, Resources and Upcoming Events
With the launch of Equity in Aging from the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, AARP Massachusetts and the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, we will be...
View ArticleEquity - Local Age-Friendly Initiatives to Promote COVID Vaccinations...
Several communities in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, including many Massachusetts-based initiatives, pursued innovative outreach strategies, and...
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