Elder Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eldershomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eelders http://www.mass.gov/Eelders/RSS/Home/newsandupdates.xml © 2009 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2009-09-11T00:00:00Z http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eelders&b=pressrelease&f=090911_grandparents_commission&csid=Eeohhs2 2009-09-11T00:00:00Z 2009-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren will be hosting the first of seven statewide listening tours in Bourne on Monday, September 14.

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Governor Deval Patrick today swore in Ann L. Harstein as the new Secretary of Elder Affairs at the Pittsfield Senior Center.

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BOSTON – Monday, June 1, 2009 – Governor Patrick today announced he has appointed Ann L. Hartstein as the new Secretary of Elder Affairs. She will begin her duties on July 1.

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Through a collaborative effort, the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services (DVS), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), and the city of Leominster, today celebrated the success of the Massachusetts Veterans Smoking Cessation Program.

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The Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council joined more than 500 organizations nationwide in celebrating today, April 16, as National Health Care Decisions Day, an initiative to raise awareness about the importance of health care decision-making.

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Michael E. Festa announced he will step down as Secretary of Elder Affairs effective today in order to pursue other career opportunities.

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Find out the date, times and locations of the upcoming seminars for February 2009.