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Radio
Title
The Nest
Year
2010
Speaking candidly about life and death, Bob and Terry Rohe, a couple in their 90's, discuss their love for each other at old age. Leila Day highlights how the Rohe's decided to continue living with each other, defying doctor's orders to move into a retirement home.
Type
Radio
Title
A Liberated Lady
Year
2009
Alice Loesch recounts the experience of having an alcoholic husband. Loesch speaks about getting divorced, finding liberation in her life, and meeting a new man in old age.
Type
Radio
Title
Versions of Love: Life is Long and Love is Complicated
Year
2011
Anne Skolas has experienced different versions of love throughout her life, and at 68 years old, questions pursuing old relationships. Sharon Mashihi speaks to Skolas about discovering and rebuilding relationships at different periods in her life.
Type
Photography
Title
Tactility
Year
2010
Speaking candidly about life and death, Bob and Terry Rohe, a couple in their 90's, discuss their love for each other at old age. Lily Piel captures how the Rohe's decided to continue living with each other, defying doctor's orders to move into a retirement home.
Type
Photography
Title
The Lady from Next Door
Year
2004
Brian Henry documents the life of Caryl Widdowson, a woman from Gray, Maine who lives at home with her many animals.
Type
Radio
Title
Virtual Reality Gives Medical Students a Dose of Empathy
Year
2019
One university in Maine is revolutionizing health care education by teaching empathy. The school has integrated virtual reality as a mandatory part of the curriculum. But can 7 minutes really change a person? And is empathy even teachable?
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Senility Prayer
Year
2013
At the age of 92, Mary Foley only fears that she might become helpless and have to depend on other people. Emma Rosenberg documents how Foley copes with old age.
Type
Photography
Title
Legion Hall
Year
1991
Josh Gallant documents the crowd within a Legion Hall in Maine.
Type
published content
Title
Mary Toft Walton in Apartment, Portland, 1991
Year
1995
Kaycie Levy photographs Mary Toft Walton, a retired schoolteacher, going through papers in her apartment.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Hal and Ethel
Year
2014
Celebrating 75 years of marriage in August 2014, Hal and Ethel Burton have had a good life together. Caroline Santinelli documents how Hal has experienced memory loss and the loneliness that Ethel feels because of that.
Type
Multimedia
Title
My Last Decade
Year
2014
At 90 years old, Betty Jarratt chooses to live independently. Alysia Mazzella profiles how Jarratt thinks about death, but does not dwell on it and focuses on living.
Type
Radio
Title
Lou, The Crossing Guide
Year
2010
For over 14 years, Lou Alexander has been a crossing guard in Portland and developed a rapport among the students. Emily Friedman highlights Lou's life in retirement and his interactions with students.
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