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1. Medicare in Maine: learn what’s new in Medicare at free workshop

   Caroline Irwin from Coveside Senior Solutions will be discussing the latest in Medicare news at Home Instead’s March Educational Series at the Baxter Memorial Library in Gorham on Thursday, March 29, 2012, from 5-6pm. Some of Caroline’s discussion … Continue

2. New Year, New You: did you make your resolutions happen?

   We’re in the danger period of New Year’s resolutions, according to Johanna Gilland, co-owner of Home Helpers of Southern Maine. Apparently most of us give up within 30 to 60 days of vowing to eat less, exercise … Continue

3. Phone Scams: not on this Nana!

   75 year old Dottie Hamm got the phone call that we all dread: her grandson was in trouble in a foreign country and asking for bail money to get out of jail. Lucky for Dottie, she kept her … Continue

4. Diabetes Prevention: Key to Healthy Aging

   Last December, Nadine Villani, FNP/Patient Educator from the Health Access Network joined ENCorps members and their guests to discuss healthy aging. (ENCorps is the Encore Leadership Program, a volunteer training organization that takes advantage of senior skills and … Continue

5. Bucket List: not just a New Year’s Resolution

   New Year’s Resolutions, Bucket Lists, and Other Ways to Live Your Best Life by Dr. Len Kayes, guest writer in MAINE SENIORS Magazine.  The 2007 film The Bucket List portrays two terminally ill men, Edward Cole and … Continue

6. Long Term Care Insurance in Maine: What you don’t know just might lose you a few hundred thousand dollars.

   By Nova Ewers, Beach Glass Transitions, LLC Patricia Nelson-Reade, R.N., CELA, recently gave a presentation on Long Term Care planning to  the Cumberland County Networking Group for Senior Service Providers at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth, Maine. Today Patty … Continue

7. Piper Shores in Scarborough, ME Earns Ranking for Best Nursing Homes

   Holbrook at Piper Shores Receives 5-Star Ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 Best Nursing Homes Holbrook Health Center at Piper Shores has received a high ranking of five stars overall in U.S. News & World Report’s … Continue