With a median age of 44 (the national median age is 36), residents of Berkshire county are on average, older than any other county in Massachusetts, excluding Cape Cod. With 20% of residents over age 65 projected by 2020, the Berkshire Regional Planning Association‘s Age Friendly Berkshires initiative focuses on how to help the area’s population age in place—comfortably.
BRPA’s Laura Kittross joined host Carrie Saldo to discuss how the Berkshires is preparing to support their aging population by focusing on making homes, business, and the community in general more age friendly.
