Health and Wellness

1. Flu Season is Here: Get Your Flu Shot

   Flu season is here, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is getting reports of cases. “It’s time for anyone 6 months old or older to get a flu shot,” Maine CDC Director Nirav D. … Continue

2. Seacoast Successful Aging Expo Oct. 16, 219

   The Seacoast Successful Aging Expo comes to Kittery Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Older people and their families will have free access to 30+ sources of senior information on October 16 from 9 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at … Continue

3. Speakers Announced for Successful Aging Expo Oct. 3, 2019 in Freeport

   Onos from Jackson Lab to Keynote Successful Aging Expo Dr. Kristen Onos, scientist and researcher at Jackson Laboratory, will be the closing keynote speaker at the Successful Aging Forum, part of the southern Maine Successful Aging Expo … Continue

4. Maine Worker Shortage Results in Home Care Crisis

   A home care crisis as a result of a worker shortage? A recent Washington Post article that featured Harpswell as the oldest town in the oldest state in the US essentially says that Maine is on the … Continue

5. Genetic Scam at the Auburn Expo: Possible Medicare Fraud Alert

   A genetic scam is sweeping the nation, and last month we got caught up in it. The folks who attended the Successful Aging Expo in Auburn on May 30, 2019, know that we’re concerned that a company … Continue

6. Successful Aging Expo Speakers April 30, 2019 in Scarborough

   The Successful Aging Expo speakers in Scarborough on April 30, 2019 will cover topics from travel to exercise. Older Mainers and their family and friends can learn about everything from cruise planning to physical therapy tips at … Continue

7. Hypothermia and Polar Votex: Be Prepared for Cold!

   Polar Vortex!  Hypothermia! The very name brings images of scary movies and even scarier temperature drops, but if you’re “of a certain age” in Maine, cold weather is nothing new to you! If you’re like me, you remember … Continue