UMaine Center on Aging, students help create directory for older adults, BDN reports
The Bangor Daily News reported on the recent release of “Senior Yellow Pages: Local and State Services for Seniors in Greater Bangor,” a free 220-page resource for Bangor-area individuals and families, community groups and public facilities. The resource for finding support services for area Mainers aging at home was developed by Gateway Seniors Without Walls, an Orono-based nonprofit affiliated with the University of Maine Center on Aging, according to the article. Funded in part by the Bangor-based Eastern Area Agency on Aging with additional support from the former Hammond Street Senior Center and other sponsors, the compiled businesses and service providers are all based in Bangor and 15 communities in the surrounding area, the article states. According to Gateway Seniors member Ann Davidoff, it took nearly three years to complete the project, and the combined efforts of Gateway Senior volunteers, the UMaine Center on Aging and various student groups from UMaine, who earned academic credit for their involvement. WVII (Channel 7) also reported on the directory.