The aging-in-place movement has heightened the imperative that living environments meet the diversity of needs of older residents. Innovative approaches to making the residential environments of older adults safe, healthy, affordable and personalized continue to challenge policymakers, planners and service providers alike. High-functioning housing communities are crucial to realizing the highest quality of life of […]
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A Mount Desert Islander article about Bar Harbor’s Task Force on Aging mentioned the role of the University of Maine’s Center on Aging. The article cited a 2018 report published by the center saying that the task force was created to “provide services and advocacy that enable older residents of Bar Harbor to live in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the fourth annual University of Maine Aging Initiative Summer Workshop Aug. 24 in Belfast. “Now at the system level all seven campuses are collaborating to work on this challenge that the state is facing around aging,” University of Maine System Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Innovation […]
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Sleep Review magazine carried a University of Maine news release about an invention developed by UMaine researchers that can detect early symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Activas Diagnostics LLC has received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Institute of Health’s Institute on Aging, according to the release. […]
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Maintaining wellness across different dimensions contributes to older adults’ sense of independence, according to a University of Maine research team. The team, led by Kelley Strout, a UMaine School of Nursing professor, conducted a study involving a random sample of 128 male and female U.S. residents age 65 and older living in communities in 22 […]
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MedicalXpress carried a University of Maine news release about a study by UMaine researchers on visual acuity and cognitive functioning. The study found that lower visual acuity is linked with lower cognitive function and decline in cognitive functioning over a period of five years, according to the release. Contrary to their hypothesis, the researchers found […]
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When AARP announced last summer that Bangor would be named the 100th community in the country to earn “age-friendly” status, leaders in Maine’s third-largest city had to make a big commitment. To receive this distinction, a city must agree to devise a comprehensive strategy to become more livable for its oldest residents. AARP had already […]
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The Bangor Daily News reports the Maine Center on Aging at the University of Maine will use two new online certificate programs to help community leaders, social workers, nurses and others better support Maine’s growing population of older adults and their families. The online courses help professionals earn the Center on Aging’s Interprofessional Graduate Certificate […]
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University of Maine employees age 55 or older, and supervisors of older workers are invited to take part in a new research project conducted by the UMaine Center on Aging in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and School of Economics. The goal of the research is to better understand the assets that older adults […]
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Read transcript The University of Maine’s Aging Initiative is leading in aging-focused research, education and services to assist our aging population to live and thrive in Maine. Maine has the highest median age of any state and it is rising at one of the fastest rates in the nation. Changing demographics in Maine and nationwide […]
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