Wall Street Journal interviews Kaye for article on caring for seniors at home
Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Communities struggle to care for elderly, alone at home.” Maine — the grayest, most rural state in the U.S. — is among the first states to experience challenges from a growing number of seniors who are “aging in place” or remaining independent rather than relocating to nursing homes or moving in with family members, according to the article. “It’s a huge issue — it couldn’t be bigger,” Kaye said. “Ninety-nine percent of older adults say they want to stay right where they are until they’ve taken their last breath, but that doesn’t mean they are continuing to remain safe and remain well.”