Council on Aging

NANTUCKET -- June 3, 2026, Nantucket Council on Aging cancels July meeting and hears warning of impending Medicaid cuts to elder home care. Sherry Hunt, director of Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands, the federally designated Area Agency on Aging serving Nantucket, Barnstable, and Dukes Counties since 1972, told

NANTUCKET -- May 6, 2026, Nantucket Council on Aging selects Senior Woman and Man of the Year after disqualifying three nominees on eligibility grounds. At the May 6 meeting, the board removed nominees M6, who had already won the award in 2023, and paid town employees F4 and M4, whose nominated

NANTUCKET -- April 1, 2026, Nantucket Council on Aging hears that island's free palliative care program serves 75 patients on a $1 million annual budget. The board hosted a presentation from Debbie Dolan, nurse practitioner and manager of the Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket program at Nantucket Cottage

Nantucket's Council on Aging heard plans for a 786-square-foot addition to the Salt Marsh Senior Center and set its 2026 Senior of the Year timeline.