Home Support

1. What Do Seniors Do Online?

   Over the past two years Advantage Home Care has seen significant growth in online inquiries about its services directly from elderly clients. In doing some research on the trends in senior use of the web I have … Continue

2. Helping Adult Siblings Overcome Family Conflict: the 50-50 Rule

   When my older brother wouldn’t visit my dad during his last few weeks at the Veterans Home in South Paris, I was angry. I had to make the trip from Freeport to South Paris more frequently, because … Continue

3. To Garden or Not to Garden

   —that is the question:—‎ Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The bugs and weeds of outrageous (but typical) vegetable gardens,‎ Or to take arms against a sea of carrots imported from California, And by growing … Continue

4. Critical Conversations with Aging Parents: Start Now

   Gail Sheehy, author of many books concerning the transitions we all make over our lives, and the universal problems, challenges and opportunities involved with those passage, recently wrote an article for USA Today on having critical conversations … Continue

5. Living Situations for Aging Parents

   Person of the Week: Caregivers Allow for Dignified Living Situations for Aging Parents Check out this relevant article and video clip, from ABC News’ series Families on the Brink “What to do about Mom and Dad?” about … Continue

6. Self Insuring for Long Term Care

   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

7. Maine Home Health Services: New Medicare Rules

   Medicare home health patients in Maine and around the nation will be required to have a face-to-face visit with a physician or medical professional in order to get certified for services, beginning January 1, 2011. The visit … Continue