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  1. Medication Management Progam Comes to Maine

    Home Instead Senior Care has an exciting new medication management program in partnership with Walgreens called DailyMed. Home Instead Senior Care has entered into a partnership with Walgreens to bring a medication management program called DailyMed by … Continue

  2. Holiday Blues: dealing with depression

    Holiday blues. We all know someone, or someone whose loved one, is dealing with depression. Severe depression is debilitating, but there are levels of depression, and even a mild case such as being down in the dumps … Continue

  3. Senior Fitness: A Key to Healthy Aging

    We’ve all heard it before: Staying active is one of the keys to healthy aging. Those of us without health or mobility issues have many options for senior fitness. We walk the mall with a friend, swim … Continue

  4. Downsizing: The Many Upsides to Downsizing

    The word downsizing comes with a highly negative connotation. In reality, it should be called smartsizing or rightsizing! What could be smarter than living efficiently in a dwelling that fits your lifestyle and family’s needs perfectly? Close … Continue

  5. Health care reform: are you Obamacare ready? Part I

    Are you ready for Health Care Reform? Sweeping changes are coming to the individual health insurance policy beginning January 2014 because of the Affordable Care Act; otherwise known as health care reform, or Obama Care. Here’s the … Continue

  6. Life lessons: 43 tips for living

    These 43 tips for living were written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the lessons life taught me. It is the most … Continue

  7. Dog heat tips: heat alert for pets

    Summer seems to be hitting Maine hard this year, between rain and ninety degree weather. Here are a few dog heat tips. While the heat can be relieving to some after Maine’s long, cold winter months, pets … Continue