Senior Communities

1. Your Retirement Safety Net

   by Kerry Peabody, CLTC Congratulations, you’ve made it! Retirement is right around the corner, and you’re ready to breathe a big sigh of relief. You’ve saved wisely and made good investments… but now there’s one more thing … Continue

2. Improving Your Memory

   Tips and Techniques for Memory Enhancement If our brains were computers, we’d simply add a chip to upgrade our memory. However, the human brain is more complex than even the most advanced machine, so improving human memory … Continue

3. Happy birthday, Pine Point!

   We were very excited to get an invitation to Pine Point Center’s 50th anniversary celebration. Pine Point is a health care and rehabilitation community in Scarborough that has been serving area residents for almost three generations. Since they … Continue

4. Maine Buddy Program at Cancer Community Center

   by Jennifer Manzi MacLeod, Outreach Coordinator at the Cancer Community Center Shortly after the Cancer Community Center opened back in 1998, the Maine Buddy Program™ was created (not to be confused with the Buddy to Buddy Program, … Continue

5. Veterans Improved Pension: Navigating the ApplicationProcess, Part I

   The process of applying to the VA for Pension benefits is like any other application process to a government agency.  It is confusing. There is so much information circulating online and yet it seems there are always … Continue

6. Maine Gardeners: how does your garden grow?

   I played around with a very cool little program at the Gardeners website. It lets you plot your garden and tells you how many plants per square foot your garden can accomodate and other planting hints. I … Continue

7. Maine Senior Guide Principal Lynn Peel Celebrates Second Anniversary

   As the other principal partner of Maine Senior Guide, I’d like to offer Lynn Peel my congratulations on her second anniversary as the owner and president of Beach Glass Transitions. Lynn has told me that one of … Continue