By Brian Goslow Mike Festa has a lot of experience serving the state’s aging community. He assumed the post of AARP Massachusetts’ state director in January 2013, and previously served as the state’s Secretary of Elder Affairs. Before that he had been a state representative for Melrose and parts of Wakefield for five terms prior […]
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AARP credits membership with legislative wins
Posted on 30 September 2014.
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Mass. House kills Spouse As Caregiver Bill
Posted on 04 August 2014.
The spouse as caregiver bill, S. 2277 died in the final hours of the legislative session on Beacon Hill on July 31. The House leadership decided to keep the bill stuck in House Ways and Means, rejecting the efforts of several House Committee Chairs to pass the bill that sailed smoothly through the Senate a […]
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Power of the 50+ voter should not be underestimated
Posted on 29 September 2010.
Yet, as decision day draws near, we hear more and more about voter dissatisfaction with politicians, the political system, the status quo.
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State considers Silver Alert Response System
Posted on 29 July 2010.
The legislation would create a new silver alert community response system, which would be used to alert public safety departments and private safety departments, when an adult with serious memory impairment such as Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia is reported to a police department as a missing person.
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