Senior Needs Assessment with UMass Gerontology

At a glance

• What: a proposed community needs assessment of older adults in Shrewsbury by the UMass gerontology department, priced at $40,000 ($20,000 in each of FY2027 and FY2028).
• Where it stands (Oct 14, 2026): Kevin Mizikar supports it; a $7,000 state association outreach grant was approved to go toward the cost. UMass wants four to five staff, board and community participants, so Holly Luke is narrowing the volunteers.

Sources

• 2026-10-14 - Council on Aging (YouTube auto-captions).

Discussion time

About 2 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Log

• 2026-10-14 - 2026-10-14 - Council on Aging: Holly Luke presented the proposal, funding split and participant needs. About 2 minutes.