Health & Wellness

  1. Fall Alert: Reduce Your Risk of Falls

    Each year, more than 1.8 million people over age 65 are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with, among other things, stairs, bathtubs, furniture, and rugs/carpeting.  Thousands of these injuries are related to falls.  In … Continue

  2. Hearing Aid Technology: Mid Coast Hospital Adds New Audiologist

    Mid Coast Hospital welcomes Anna K. Strange, AuD, to its Rehabilitation Services staff. Dr. Strange is a clinical and dispensing audiologist and joins the Audiology Department at 310 Bath Road. She received her clinical doctorate from Bloomsburg … Continue

  3. Alzheimers: family assistance in diagnosis, and increased federal funding

    Dr. Laurel Coleman, a geriatric physician at Maine Medical Center, has been on CBS and quoted in other news outlets recently for her assertion that family members should learn the symptoms and be asked to help in the … Continue

  4. Maine State Plan on Aging: Add Your Opinion on Home Care

    To better understand the needs of senior caregivers in Maine, and whether they’re being met, the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging is conducting an online caregiver survey. It’s interesting and easy. If you are a home care provider or … Continue

  5. Meals on Wheels: Feeding the Elderly

    Congratulations are in order for Spectrum Generations, which prepares and delivers nearly 300,000 meals annually to homebound seniors and disabled adults living in six Central Maine counties as well as the towns of Brunswick and Harpswell.    In the … Continue

  6. Bathroom Safety: The Smallest Room in the House May Be the Most Dangerous for Seniors

    We all want the best for the senior loved ones in our lives. For many seniors, living independent lives at home is their main desire. Seniors are able to do so provided they are physically and mentally … Continue

  7. National Alzheimer’s Project Act: National War Against Alzheimer’s

    Health and human resource officials gather in Washington today and tomorrow to discuss how to frame the war against Alzheimer’s. With 4.5 million people living with the disease in 2000, it’s estimated that Alzheimer’s will explode as … Continue

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