Health & Wellness

1. Holidays with Seniors: A Successful Thanksgiving

   It’s Thanksgiving again!  Millions of families across the country–and expats all over the world for that matter–are preparing themselves for turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, candied yams, and I won’t even mention the desserts!  … Continue

2. Long term care insurance: self-insuring

   Maybe you’ve thought about long term care, and you’ve decided that you have enough money tucked away to take care of it when it happens to you. We insurance nerds call that “self-insuring.” You’ve decided that you’ll … Continue

3. Long Term Care Insurance: too expensive?

   “Long term care insurance is too expensive.” Is it, really? How much does it cost? You don’t really know, do you, until you sit down with an LTC Specialist to discuss what sort of plan makes sense … Continue

4. Long Term Care Insurance: an intro

   I’m excited about being part of Maine Senior Guide. As an expert in LTC (long term care) insurance, any opportunity to help educate you about this topic is valuable, because there’s so much inaccurate and misleading stuff … Continue

5. Getting a Handle on Electronic Medical Records

   Parkview is Leading the Way with its Electronic Medical Records (EMR)Program President Barack Obama has a clear vision of what he foresees as the future of health care in the United States.  And, in 2009, with the … Continue

6. Cape Memory Care Opens

   Lynn and I were delighted to attend the ribbon-cutting for Cape Memory Care in Cape Elizabeth yesterday.  The community specializes in care for people with memory problems like Alzheimer’s. It’s part of the Woodlands Assisted Living family … Continue

7. Medical Marijuana and Nursing Homes

   Last election day (November 3, 2009) Maine voters approved Question 5, which enacted the citizen-initiated bill, “An act to establish the Maine Medical Marijuana Act “ LD975, IB2, allowing for medical marijuana use by people with debilitating … Continue