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  1. Stroke Symptoms: National Stroke Awareness Month

    May is National Stroke Awareness Month. What are stroke symptoms, and how can you get a stroke assessment? CHANS Home Health Care and Mid Coast Hospital are offering stroke risk assessments at their community-based blood pressure clinics … Continue

  2. Maine Veterans: helping older vets

    Do you work with older adults? Please consider attending the 2013 UMaine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium on serving older veterans. If helping older vets is part of your mission, this day-long program will give you fresh ideas and … Continue

  3. Drug Take-Back: Maine locations for drug take-back

    This drug take-back program article was published in 2013. In 2020, there is a website that shows regular take-back locations in Maine. Your town might do a special take-back day, but these places are available year-round. Drug … Continue

  4. Boomer travel tips: 5 more travel ideas

    Boomer travel tips have to include ways you can help your senior travellers, and often ways to help younger people travel, too! Here are travel tips 1-5, and now I’ll give you tips 6-10. My boomer travel … Continue

  5. 10 travel tips: Comfortable senior travel

    These 10 travel tips will help you stay comfortable on your next trip. My dad always said, “lessons are presented until they are learned”…..and I learned some good lessons on my recent travel to Los Angeles. Now … Continue

  6. Senior Travel: 15 FAQs on air companions

    Senior travel is Air Companions’ specialty. Air Companions is a small company on the coast of Maine that offers hands-on senior travel assistance nationally and internationally. Founder Sonja Burns recently wrote down her most frequently asked questions and … Continue

  7. Veterans Benefits for Home Care: Help Vets Stay Home

    Did you know that veterans or their surviving spouses may qualify for veterans benefits for home care that will help pay for long-term care, including home care? It’s surprising how many veterans, or their family members, are … Continue

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