Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles (10 km) northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.
The mission of the Council on Aging (COA) is to provide advocacy, support services, and programs to help Arlington elders live dignified and independent lives. The Council’s primary responsibilities are to design, promote, and implement services to address the identified needs of the community’s elder population and to coordinate existing services in the community.
Programs and Services: The council on aging assists seniors with services such as nursing/health services, podiatry, blood pressure screenings, and access to medical equipment.
LINKS Program: The LINKS Program (Linking Neighborhood Kids with Senior citizens) matches students from the Ottoson Middle School with seniors who need help with outside chores such as leaf raking, yard or garage clean-up, weeding, planting, moving trash to the curb, etc.
Arlington is an emerging age friendly community. This means it is pursuing an age friendly designation.
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The overall town appears to be age friendly. There is a good mix of different ages residing in my town.
Activities, city planning and programs, access to support services.
Accessible to everything
Friendly due to so many children in summer running around. Actually, happy town
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