Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report: Community Profiles was created by researchers at the Gerontology Institute of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston and commissioned by the Tufts Health Plan Foundation.
In this report, we have created a custom profile of nearly 100 healthy aging indicators for every city and town in Massachusetts including the 16 neighborhoods of Boston (367 Community Profiles). Each Community Profile is designed to help community residents, agencies, providers, and governments understand the older adults who live in their cities and towns – their ages, living arrangements, health status, strengths, and vulnerabilities.
Never before has Massachusetts had such a comprehensive view of healthy aging indicators reported at this local geographic level.
Community Engaged/Serving
Part of the UMass Boston Community-Engaged Teaching, Research, and Service Series. http://scholarworks.umb.edu/engage
Recommended Citation
Dugan, Elizabeth; Porell, Frank; Silverstein, Nina; Palombo, Ruth; and Mann, Stacey, "Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report: Community Profiles" (2014). Gerontology Institute Publications. 97.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/gerontologyinstitute_pubs/97
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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gerontology Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Comments
Commissioned by the Tufts Health Plan Foundation.