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1. Cape Memory Care Makes Summer Sweet for Seniors

   A group of Cape Memory Care residents and staff recently enjoyed an outing to Maxwell’s farm in Cape Elizabeth to pick strawberries.  The outing was part of the facility’s ‘Strawberry Fest’ celebrating the start of summer. Like gardening, … Continue

2. Same Great Maine Rehab Service: New Name

   Check out this update from one of Maine Senior Guide’s Rehab resources. Click here to learn more!

3. Tips 4-6: 10 Tips to Help Seniors Communicate with their Boomer Children

   These tips are taken from the 70/40 Rule,  a small and engaging booklet about communication sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.  Here are tips 4-6. You can finds tips 1-3 here and tips 7-10 here. 4. Optimize your energy. … Continue

4. Can you save money by shutting down your furnace? Yes!

   Maintenance people are often asked, now that spring is here and the heating season is drawing to a close, can we shut down our furnace for the summer?  With fuel at over $4 per gallon, it might … Continue

5. Maine: Your Area Agencies on Aging at Work

   The Older Americans Act of 1965 created the Administration on Aging as the federal level advocate and coordinator of services for the elderly.  Area Agencies on Aging were created as the local-state agencies charged with advocating for … Continue

6. 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

7. 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