Assisted Living and Residential Care

Navigate Later Life Living Options with Ease

If you or a loved one is considering a move to long-term care, there are many options with varying levels of care, costs, and benefits. An SRES® Real Estate Professional is trained to assist seniors and can help you understand … Continue

Preventing hip fracture: how to stay bone healthy

Preventing hip fracture becomes increasingly important as we age. Here’s some important information to share with your loved ones over holiday visits! Hip fractures are serious injuries that most often occur in people aged 65 and older. Women … Continue

Is Long Term Care Insurance a Good Investment?

Should You Consider Investing in Long Term Care Insurance? A Q&A with Barry Kohler, SVP and Director of Trust and Wealth Management at Androscoggin Trust and Wealth Management Q: What’s the simple definition of long term care … Continue

Maine Assisted Living: Popular in Any Season

By Neal R. Davis, SeniorExecutive Director, Bay Square at Yarmouth, Benchmark Assisted Living What’s it like in Assisted Living? Imagine it’s spring, the trees are starting to bud, the peepers are celebrating the warming of the water, … Continue

Assisted Living: A Stimulating Quality of Life Choice

By Neal R. Davis, Senior Executive Director, Benchmark Assisted Living Making the decision to live in an Assisted Living community is a big step to take with many questions to be asked and concerns to be addressed. … Continue

Long term care insurance: self-insuring

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

Long Term Care Insurance: too expensive?

“Long term care insurance is too expensive.” Is it, really? How much does it cost? You don’t really know, do you, until you sit down with an LTC Specialist to discuss what sort of plan makes sense … Continue