HVES is a private, not-for-profit corporation that promotes “Quality Long Living” with elders and their families in twenty-four communities in Hampshire and Hampden Counties of western Massachusetts. The agency receives funds from the Federal Administration on Aging (AoA), through its designation as an Area Agency on Aging (AAA), and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA),through its designation as a Home Care Corporation/Aging Services Access Point (ASAP).