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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
UPCOMING TRAINING, FUNDING AND SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGE/DEMENTIA FRIENDLY STAKEHOLDERS
In addition to some timely funding opportunities, the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is sharing some other upcoming virtual...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
‘A BETTER CITY' RELEASES CASE STUDY REPORT ON TACTICAL PUBLIC SPACE PROJECTS
Building on the work of the 2018 Tactical Public Realm Guidelines presented by the City of Boston and A Better City , the latter organization...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
MASSHEALTH TO PROVIDE MEMBERS FREE TRANSPORTATION TO COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
MassHealth announced changes to its non-emergency transportation policy to expand eligibility and simplify processes for transportation...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
BAKER ADMINISTRATION FOLLOWS UP VACCINE EQUITY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH $4.7 MILLION IN SUPPORT
The Baker Administration announced a $4.7 million effort to support its vaccine equity initiative announced last week , which focuses...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
MHAC ADVANCES DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS THROUGH ADVOCACY LETTER
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative continues to promote the concept that technology is a social determinant of health and...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
AGE-FRIENDLY FUNDING ALERT: 2021 AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT
The application period for the 2021 AARP Community Challenge is now open and will provide small grants to fund quick-action projects...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
GOVERNOR BAKER ANNOUNCES VACCINE EQUITY INITIATIVE, OPENS ELIGIBILITY TO AGE 65+
The Baker Administration announced a targeted outreach initiative in 20 cities and towns most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
MASSDOT BLOG FEATURES MHAC, EOEA PARTNERSHIPS ON “SENIOR DAYS” PROGRAM AT RMVS
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation's blog featured the cooperative work between the Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative,...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: FAMILY CAREGIVERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHARE THEIR PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A new report by the LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass-Boston and published by NASHP's RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
LEARN ABOUT THE MHAC ADVISORY COUNCIL, FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR ON 2/25
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative hosts quarterly Advisory Council meetings to provide updates on local and statewide efforts...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE AND TUFTS HEALTH PLAN FOUNDATIONS GIVE $1 MILLION TO EXPAND COVID-19 VACCINE EDUCATION IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
In their first joint community investment, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation are giving $1...
Vaccination, Plan, News and Updates, Access, Equity, Inclusion, COVID-19, grants -
By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
AARP SPOTLIGHTS AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES AND EQUITY
Local leaders from across the country are demonstrating how equity approaches can be advanced and accelerated through their age-friendly...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
MASS. VACCINATION SITES WILL BEGIN VACCINATING PEOPLE ACCOMPANYING ADULTS 75+
Effective Thursday, February 11th, an individual who accompanies a person age 75 or older to one of four mass vaccination sites to...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
EOHHS TO HOST STAKEHOLDER CALL ON MASSACHUSETTS' ROADMAP FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REFORM
Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders will hold a stakeholder call on Wednesday, February...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
AARP SURVEY OF OLDER WORKERS REVEAL CONCERNS OF AGEISM
Results from a new AARP survey reveal deep ageism-related concerns from both employed older adults and those seeking jobs. For example,...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
RRF ISSUE BRIEF ON ECONOMIC SECURITY OF OLDER ADULTS FEATURES UMASS-BOSTON PROJECTS
The RRF Foundation for Aging, which supports the Elder Economic Security Index from UMass-Boston, among other related projects, released...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
AARP CREATES ‘TRAINING VIDEO' TUTORIALS FOR AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY EFFORTS
The AARP Livable Communities team has created video tutorials with guidance for communities seeking to become age-friendly. The six-video...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
AGE-FRIENDLY FUNDING ALERT: CITIZENS INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DESIGN, MASSDOT, MASS COUNCILS ON AGING
The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages our network of communities and stakeholders to consider and promote the following...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
8-80 CITIES RELEASES ‘WINTER CITIES TOOLKIT' TO CREATE INCLUSIVE PUBLIC SPACES
With the Shared Winter Streets and Spaces grant opportunity from MassDOT still in play, another resource has emerged to help communities...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Mar 2, 2021
NEW REPORTS FOCUS ON BETTER, PERSON-CENTERED CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS
Whether it is called “age-friendly health care” or “person-centered care for older adults,” this month has seen reports and publications...
Data and Reports, aging, healthcare services
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The headlines of Master Doctor
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San Francisco leaders cheer reopening as COVID-19 cases fall
An upbeat Mayor London Breed says San Francisco will reopen indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms with reduced capacity starting Wednesday as more counties in California open...
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New poll spotlights a major gap in testing for hearing loss in older adults
Eighty percent of Americans over 50 say their primary care doctor hasn't asked about their hearing in the past two years, and nearly as many - 77% - haven't had their hearing...
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Novel dual-targeting drug could become a next-generation treatment for...
A Hong Kong Baptist University-led research team has developed a novel drug which has the potential to become a next-generation treatment for cancers associated with...
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Unveiling the weaving fractal network of connecting neurons
High-resolution imaging and 3D computer modeling show that the dendrites of neurons weave through space in a way that balances their need to connect to other neurons with the...
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Ultrasonic cleaning of salad could reduce instances of food poisoning
A new study has shown that gentle streams of water carrying sound and microscopic air bubbles can clean bacteria from salad leaves more effectively than current washing methods...
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Chocolate Connoisseurs: Here's How to Order a Nutella Nitro Cold Brew Under...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alex Moe If you're a fan of Nutella , you'll want to try this recipe out for taste: the Nutella nitro cold brew concocted by...
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Eat These 5 Foods to Support Your Immune System
Yes, what you eat can help keep you healthy.
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Katharine McPhee worried about eating disorder relapse while pregnant
The singer and actor recently welcomed her first child, a son, with music producer David Foster.
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The anguish of saying goodbye to my 25-year-old embryos
My unused embryos were recently rediscovered. I know I won't use them, but after years of struggling with infertility, how can I possibly let them go?
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Get a new look at the world outside your window with time-lapse videos
Once purely the domain of professionals with fancy equipment, time-lapse is now open to anyone with a relatively recent smartphone.