Elder Resources
What is Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program? (LIHEAP)
IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO PAY YOUR HOME ENERGY BILL, YOUR HOME MAY NOT BE SAFE, AND YOU MAY BE AT RISK OF SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURY. THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) MAY BE ABLE TO HELP KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE [...]
A message from the Massachusetts Office on Disability
Greater Boston Area Housing Survey
Dear Commission Chairs:
A student at the Harvard Kennedy School (Olin Parker) is conducting a policy analysis to assess the need for accessible housing in the Greater Boston Area. Virtually everyone agrees that a lack of accessible housing is a problem—though no one seems [...]
Creating Safer and Kinder Districts to Grow Old
Emily Berl for The New York Times
Published: July 18, 2010
New York City has given pedestrians more time to cross at more than 400 intersections in an effort to make streets safer for older residents. The city has sent yellow school buses, filled not with children but with elderly [...]
From Karen Keefe of ALDA-Boston :
Saturday 4/25, 1 to 4pm at the Watertown Free Public Library— a presentation on assistive technology and hearing loss with Jon O’Dell, technology manager (guru!) from the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)!
.... we are delighted to announce that Jonathon O’Dell from MCDHH has graciously accepted [...]
strong>New Census Disability Statistics Released: One in Five Americans have a Disability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Robert Bernstein
Public Information Office
301-763-3030/763-3762 (fax)
e-mail: pio@census.gov
Number of Americans With a Disability Reaches 54.4 Million
About one in five U.S. residents – 19 percent – reported some level of disability in 2005, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. These 54.4 million [...]
Following up on the conversations started in previous months, discussions continue in Weston this month:
Wednesday, February 19 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
at Weston Public Library, 87 School Street, Weston, MA
(directions)
rsvp to events@springwell.com or (617) 926-4100
Not directly disability-related, but I’ve posted about boomers and hearing loss and other disabilities on this blog in the past and I got a kick out this article …. from AARP the Magazine on the first boomer!
Born Identity
By Sarah Mahoney, November 2007
She’s America’s first boomer, and she’s eligible for Social Security
Visit AARP Bulletin Online for [...]
The conversation about community living in the future continues at Springwell (elder services) . . .
the CONVERSATIONS have begun
Throughout Massachusetts, boomers and non-boomers alike are talking about how to create the communities of THEIR FUTURE. Retirement communities, assisted livings and nursing homes are not part of the picture.They are focused on remaining in their home [...]
Check Springwell’s website for January events on subjects ranging from Alzheimers to sexuality and aging.
... And check out the Watertown Council on Aging (COA’s) January newsletter and calendar of events which include Tai Chi and computer classes!
Join the Watertown Mall Health Lecture Series on Friday, January 4 at 10am for a presentation on Springwell Services & Resources for Elders by Sandra Boris-Berkowitz from Springwell. The Lecture will be at the Old Country Buffet with free blood pressure screenings available from 10 am to 12 noon with David Neylon, R.N. of the Watertown Board [...]
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