• Online Continuing Education and Training

The CoA delivers Online Continuing Education and Training for various audiences including: professionals, older adults, caregivers and the general public. E-workshops (short-duration) and other online interactive events are delivered via the CoA e-learning website, using also email distribution of information and discussions. Inquiries to lstorck@mainecenteronaging.org more info>>

• UMaine Penobscot Valley Senior College
  Affiliated with the statewide Maine Senior College Network and the UMaine Center on Aging, Penobscot Valley Senior College offers non-credit courses and other learning opportunities for area residents 50 years and over. With “learning for the fun of it” as its motto, PVSC provides opportunities for learning, social interaction, and intellectual stimulation with no requirement for college degrees, tests, or grades. Volunteer members plan and teach weekly two-hour sessions for six weeks each fall and spring. Membership dues and course fees are minimal.
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• Annual Rural Geriatric Conference
  This annual 3-day conference program sponsored by a partnership of Maine organizations including the UMaine Center on Aging is geared to a wide range of health care providers including nurses, physicians, social workers, nursing facility administrators, physician assistants, psychologists, certified nursing assistants, mental health practitioners, occupational and physical therapists, and substance abuse counselors. The conference is held in Bar Harbor, Maine each June.

• Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group

  The Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group was formed in late 2002 as an initiative of Northeast Occupational Exchange in Bangor, and is comprised of physicians, epidemiologists, nurse practitioners, drug abuse specialists, health care providers, payers, advocates, and other interested parties in Maine, including the University of Maine Center on Aging. Members from other US States, and the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Quebec round out the group. The 4th Annual Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group Conference and 3rd Annual Unused Drug Return Conference will take place on October 23rd and 24th, 2006 in Portland, Maine.

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• Geriatric Social Work Curriculum Infusion Project
  A John A. Hartford Foundation-funded, 3-year program of curriculum infusion in geriatric education for B.A. and M.S.W students at the UMaine School of Social Work. The grant enabled the School of Social Work to enhance the content of existing courses with an increased focus on geriatrics through its support for new learning opportunities for students and faculty. UMCoA coordinated the educational programs made possible by the grant.
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• Professional Excellence in Geriatrics Series (PEGS)
  PEGS is an annual continuing-education series held in various locations throughout the state of Maine. Professionals in the field of aging--social workers, therapists, physicians, nurses, and others--have the opportunity to hear leading practitioners in their fields discuss best-practice approaches to providing the highest quality care to older adults and their families.
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• Geriatric Organizational Leadership Development (GOLD) Seminars
  Offered at various locations throughout Maine, these state-of-the-art continuing education seminars help geriatric health and human service administrators, managers, and planners maximize their organizations' effectiveness and efficiency. Each expert-driven, best-practice seminar offers the most current strategies and tools for achieving organizational excellence. Seminars are locally sponsored by highly respected area geriatric institutions.
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• BAC/Toyota Visiting Geriatric Scholars
  The BAC/Toyota Visiting Geriatric Scholars program was funded by a generous contribution by Brewer Automotive Components and the Toyota Corporation's Community Connections program. The program brought national experts in the field of aging to the University of Maine. While on campus the scholars conducted community and campus lectures, consulted with faculty and students, and conducted research.
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• Music Uniting Students and Elders (MUSE)
  Music is a language that is understood across all culturally created boundaries. Music has had the ability to lift spirits, lessen pain, and unite the worst of enemies. The MUSE program united musicians from the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and the elderly in residential facilities in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties in Maine. MUSE further provided the opportunity for local youth to participate in these events through their schools and other programs. These events helped to breakdown the boundaries between the ages, dispel the myths of aging, teach the wonders of music, and most of all provide an unforgettably wonderful time!
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