Statewide Initiatives to Create Communities for All James Fuccione – MHAC Senior Director AARP 2018 Livable Communities Conference The work of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is supported in part by: About MHAC The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is a network of leaders in community, health and wellness, government, advocacy, research, business, education, and philanthropy who have come together to advance healthy aging. Deepen Embed Access, Develop and Building the Age- Capacity- Equity and Promote a Policy Friendly Building at Inclusion within and Advocacy Movement Community the Age-Friendly Platform for Level Movement Healthy Aging Aging Population in MA (60+) 2015 20-year projection Age- and Dementia Friendly Best Practices Data: Start the Conversation Data: Start the Conversation Collaborative, Open-Door Approach It all starts with CONVENING: Active Age- and Dementia Friendly models in Massachusetts • Age- and Dementia Friendly Cape Ann (emerging): • ASAP-led model with support from Tufts Health Plan Foundation to work with UMass- Boston for four communities (Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester) • Age-Friendly Berkshires (AARP – Municipal Resolution): • Countywide effort began with regional planning agency and private-pay home care company that lead “planning” and “people” sides of the work, respectively. • Age-Friendly Boston (AARP): • City’s Elderly Commission have dedicated staff to convene groups, liaise between city departments and carry out action plan. • Support from THPF and UMass Boston • Age-Friendly Framingham (Emerging): • City’s Public Health Department co-leads with Latino Health Insurance Program • Salem for All Ages (AARP): • Volunteer, retired professor leads “people” side of the work with support from Mayor’s office and local volunteers/volunteer orgs Age-Friendly for All Ages Rates of Alzheimer’s/Dementia 2016: 120,000 2025: 150,000 Dementia Friendly: Cross-Sector Approach Alignment with Dementia Friendly Mass. Councils on Aging are the backbone organization for Dementia Friendly Massachusetts Age-Friendly Community efforts… • Include people living with Dementia, caregivers, and service/support providers on task force • A Dementia Friendly advisory group that Age + can focus on raising awareness and Dementia working through sectors in coordination with Age-Friendly https://mcoaonline.com/programs/dementia-friendly/ Age-Friendly Lens Focus on linking Social Determinants of Health Focus on Access, Equity, Inclusion What Determines Population Health? Source: Countyhealthrankings.org Age-Friendly Communities in MA Age-Friendly Communities in MA • Active: 43 Communities • 35 AARP-designated Age-Friendly Communities • 2 WHO-designated • 7 Municipal Resolutions Signed (all in Berkshires). • 5 Martha’s Vineyard towns (Island is designated as a Active, 43 Active region and all five towns approved funding at town (resolution), 7 meeting to hire an island-wide Age-Friendly Informed, 65 Coordinator w/ island planning commission) • Emerging: 72 Communities • Cities and towns with at least two entities/orgs Emerging, 72 working on becoming AF • Informed: 65 Communities • Cities and towns with an official that has been made Opportunity, aware of AF/DF movement and concepts, but is not 164 currently taking action. • Opportunity: 164 Communities • Communities where awareness of AF/DF is undocumented, incomplete, or nonexistent Age-Friendly State • Governor announced that Massachusetts has been designated by the AARP as only the second state in the country to join that organization’s Age-Friendly Network. • Landmark Alzheimer’s/Dementia training and awareness law. Thank you! • James Fuccione: [email protected] • 617-717-9493.