Age Dementiafriendly initiative planned for South Hadley

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – The town of South Hadley is looking for ways to make the community more age and dementia-friendly. A panel was held Tuesday evening at the town’s Council on Aging to discuss this initiative. Topics included what needs to be done to promote inclusivity and what efforts the town’s departments are taking to help these populations. Suggestions made during Tuesday’s panel were more park benches along trails and sidewalks and making those areas more accessible for wheel chairs and strollers. “South Hadley wants to be a friendly, welcoming community and this is one way that we…