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.