Aging Research

UMaine aging researchers pen op-ed for BDN

Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging; Patricia Oh, senior program manager for the center; and Karen Campbell, coordinator for the center’s Lifelong Communities Program, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News titled “Keeping Maine an age-friendly state.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars […]

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State’s research community to gather at UMaine’s second annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering

The University of Maine Institute of Medicine announced that it is hosting the second annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering from Oct. 25–27. Events will take place at a variety of locations on the university’s flagship campus in Orono. Partner organizations participating in the symposium include The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), MDI Biological Laboratory, MaineHealth, Northern Light Health, the […]

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Maine Council on Aging recognizes Singer and Oh

The Maine Council on Aging announced that Clifford Singer, research professor at the University of Maine, has received the 2023 Trailblazing Advocate Award, and Patricia Oh, senior program manager at the UMaine Center on Aging, received the Douglas O. Wilson Rising Tide Leadership Award.  The 2023 Trailblazing Advocate Award recognizes the sustained contributions of trailblazers […]

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Media share UMaine Age-Friendly University Resources hub

The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that the University of Maine Center on Aging has launched the Age-Friendly University Resources (AFU Resources) hub, a centralized repository for educational materials, services, events, volunteer opportunities and other activities for older people offered by UMaine, the University of Maine at Machias and University of Maine Cooperative […]

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Media share information about UMaine role in CAPRA

The Bangor Daily News and Sun Journal reported that the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine have formed a one-stop shop for independent research, analysis, guidance and technical assistance for policy issues related to aging and older adults, known as the Consortium for Aging Policy and Research and Analysis (CAPRA). CAPRA is available […]

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UMaine, USM experts form one-stop-shop for aging policy research

Experts from the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine have formed a one-stop shop for independent research, analysis, guidance and technical assistance for policy issues related to aging and older adults.  The Consortium for Aging Policy and Research (CAPRA) is available for exploring a wide variety of issues relevant to aging Mainers, including […]

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Kaye speaks to Next Avenue about rural caregivers

Next Avenue interviewed Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the University of Maine School of Social Work, about the increased burden on caregivers for elderly people in rural areas. “Immediately available, locally residing individuals who can assist are at a premium. But yet it remains a family […]

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