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  1. Caregiver Support: Meaningful Moments in the Home for those living with Dementia

    Sedgewood Commons Invites you to attend their most recent discussion series that supports caregivers who are caring for someone with dementia in the home.

  2. Stroke Help: Mid Coast Hospital a Primary Stroke Center

    Need stroke help? If you’re living or vacationing in the mid coast area of Maine, getting help after a stroke has gotten easier. Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick is now an Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. … Continue

  3. Senior Volunteer Services: Encore Leadership Program

    Looking for a way to leverage your senior volunteer services? Consider joining the Encore Leadership Corps. ENcorps recently hosted eight national community foundations in Portland in June, showing representatives how ENcorps is tapping the power of older adults … Continue

  4. Maine Senior Guide’s Southern Maine Senior Expo 2012

    Save the Date September 25th from 10-7 come for an hour come for the day! Learn about the senior services from Lewiston to Kennebunk with extended hours for working caregivers. We are so excited to announce the … Continue

  5. Preparing for Senior Care in Maine

    Where to start: here are 5 first steps to preparing for senior care in Maine 1. Establish/review your Health Care and Financial Power of Attorney If you haven’t already named someone as your power of attorney, do … Continue

  6. Elder Abuse: Maine Woman Swindeled by Neighbor

    Elder abuse doesn’t have to be physicial. It can be mental coercion, or the sort of financial abuse that leaves someone penniless after a lifetime of work and saving. Ask Gwendolyn Swank of Pemaquid.  A trusted neighbor first … Continue

  7. Filial Responsibility: will I have to pay for my parent’s care?

    Filial responsibility laws were in the news recently when a Pennsylvania court ruled in May that an adult son had to pay his mother’s $93,000 rehab bill.  She recovered and moved back to Greece before her medicaid application was … Continue

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