Maine Public featured Mary Lou Ciolfi, senior program manager at the University of Maine Center on Aging and co-director of the Consortium for Aging Policy Research & Analysis, as a panelist on their show “Maine Calling” for a segment about second careers for older Mainers.
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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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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 Extension. The various resources are sorted into categories, which […]
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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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The Daily Bulldog and Sun Journal reported that Mary Lou Ciofli, senior program manager at the University of Maine Center on Aging, will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Aging Well Living Well Expo, presented by SeniorsPlus. The expo will be held from 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at the Grand Summit Hotel […]
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University of Maine alumni Taylor Britt and Sarah Zachariason were selected for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, a prestigious teaching exchange program managed by the government of Japan. Since 1987, JET has welcomed to Japan more than 35,000 Americans and more than 70,000 participants from around the world. JET participants sign a one-year […]
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Amy Frankel, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about bringing parole back to Maine. Frankel is a member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications.
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The Sun Journal interviewed Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, about homelessness in older adults, those aged 65 and older, which is the fastest growing age group of homelessness in the country. With 50 people retiring every day in Maine, Kaye said the aging population here is increasing rapidly. Among […]
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Brooke Camire has always loved spending time with her mother, Cherylan Demers. Now, the mother and daughter duo will have a new memory to share: University of Maine commencement. In fall 2020, Demers decided that she wanted to pursue a master’s degree in social work after working in the field for almost 30 years. She […]
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Stacey Duran, MacKayla Faloon, Mariah Lockhart, Angela Rothwell and Emily White — all University of Maine seniors graduating with degrees in social work — wrote an opinion piece for CentralMaine.com about paid family and medical leave for Mainers.
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