UNE professor to lead national gerontology group

Marilyn Gugliucci heads the geriatrics education and research program at the University of New England's College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Commentary: Case management should be available, accessible to all older Mainers

L.D. 1684 will help connect more older adults with services in their communities, allowing them to stay healthy, to stay in their homes and to remain active and engaged.

Maine Voices: Older Mainers are primed and ready to go

A tow and a ticket had me, at nearly 70, fearing for my faculties. Then I learned about ‘positive aging.’

Maine Voices: Being old enough to understand the world is no bad thing

I’m about to be 92. A rise in ageism, or whatever you want to call it, has been bugging me for a long time.

Commentary: Increasingly diverse U.S. workplaces will force more employers to be flexible

Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are by now common across America. So far, too many have been rigid, poorly developed and prone to failure.

Maine Voices: Trail networks, while popular, aren’t for everybody

Maine is an aging state. My partner and I don’t believe we’re the only people who feel rail would be better than trail.

Commentary: Why Gov. Mills isn’t guaranteed the youth vote this November

Young Mainers are grappling with the toughest of choices: to leave or stay in the place we call home. 

Presentation on aging in Maine set for Skowhegan theater

Maine Voices: The long goodbye – my family, my father and Alzheimer’s

The disease’s progression tests our ties, but maybe a cure is in the pipeline so other families will not have to endure what we and many millions of others do each day.

Our View: Maine well placed to take lead in rooting out ageism

Our state has the highest median age in the nation (44.8 years). Our attitudes haven’t necessarily kept pace.