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Getting The Most Out Of Your Volunteer Experience: Tips For Caregivers, Jennifer Crittenden Oct 2019

Getting The Most Out Of Your Volunteer Experience: Tips For Caregivers, Jennifer Crittenden

Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation

This tipsheet provides helpful hints and tips for older adult caregivers who are either currently volunteering or wish to become involved in volunteer activities. Tips focus on strategies for juggling multiple responsibilities and reaping the benefits of volunteering.


Motivate: Oral Health Leads To Total Health, Jennifer Crittenden, Lenard W. Kaye, Labrini Nelligan, Denise O'Connell, Carole Mackenzie Jan 2016

Motivate: Oral Health Leads To Total Health, Jennifer Crittenden, Lenard W. Kaye, Labrini Nelligan, Denise O'Connell, Carole Mackenzie

Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation

MOTIVATE: Maine’s Oral Team-Based Initiative: Vital Access To Education was established to raise awareness about the connection between oral health and systemic health among older adults. This poster highlights the research conducted by MOTIVATE and their principle findings


A Whole Woman Strategy And Action Plan To Raise National Awareness About Osteoporosis, Lenard W. Kaye, Majorie A. Harris, Clifford Rosen Jun 2004

A Whole Woman Strategy And Action Plan To Raise National Awareness About Osteoporosis, Lenard W. Kaye, Majorie A. Harris, Clifford Rosen

Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation

The University of Maine Center on Aging, in partnership with the Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education, was one of three grantees taking part in a U.S. Administration on Aging-funded project to develop a national osteoporosis awareness and action plan targeting postmenopausal women


The University of Maine Center on Aging’s portion of the research entailed several phases of activity. Initially, focus groups were conducted with 147 ethnically and racially diverse older women around the country (Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, California, and Kansas) to determine where older women obtain their health information, what they consider reliable and unreliable informational sources, …