Aging Research
Perspectives and Strategies for Promoting Safe Transportation Among Older Adults
Book providing comprehensive resource on safe mobility for an aging population.
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Guides And Toolkits
Accessible Shared Streets Toolkit
Toolkit with information on practices and consideration for accommodating pedestrians with vision disabilities.
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Guides And Toolkits
Capabilities for Public Health Agency Involvement in Land Use and Transportation Decisions
Document presents research-based tool that local health departments can use to strategically engage in local processes to improve walking and biking opportunities.
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Aging Research
Housing that connects the generations
PBS interview on how Boston, MA has become a launching pad for the website Nesterly, connecting homeowners with renters who can’t afford their own place.
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Partner Resources
Housing Plus Services
Report summarizing results of a yearlong study exploring potential financing options to support housing plus service models (using affordable senior housing as platform to deliver health and supportive services)
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Partner Resources
The Forgotten Middle: Middle Market Seniors Housing Study
Resources, articles, webinars, and presentations on the results of the Middle Market Seniors Housing Study
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State/Local Age-Friendly Plans
Friendship Centers Intergenerational Project
Pilot project using shared housing and intergenerational housing to address the affordable housing needs of young professionals and older homeowners in Sarasota County.
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Partner Resources
Elders Living at Home Program
Program working to address housing instability crisis among older adults in Boston.
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Aging Research
Testing smart home technology that can help seniors
News article on a study of how older adults can and will interact with technology.
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Partner Resources
Pre-Senior Housing Program
Program provides a transitional home for women 55 – 62 years old with wage income that are in need of safe and affordable housing.