Independent Living

1. 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

2. Downsizing Dilemma: Managing Family Possessions

   Major life changes, such as a move to a smaller home or the death of a family member, may lead to downsizing as you consider strategies for managing or disposing of accumulated possessions. You may be relocating, downsizing, or … Continue

3. 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

4. To Garden or Not to Garden

   —that is the question:—‎ Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The bugs and weeds of outrageous (but typical) vegetable gardens,‎ Or to take arms against a sea of carrots imported from California, And by growing … Continue

5. All Home Care is Not the Same

   Each day in the United States, 6,000 people turn 65 years of age.  One in five Americans will be older than age 65 by the year 2030 (American Association of Retired Persons, 2003). This increase of U.S. … Continue

6. What Can In-Home, Non-Medical Care Do for You?

   Most people don’t know how helpful in-home, non-medical services can be until they’ve had the need for this type of help in their lives or that of a loved one. These services are meant to be supportive … Continue

7. Maine Home Care Costs Among the Nation’s Highest

   Genworth’s 7th Annual Survey Allows Maine Residents to Compare Long Term Care Costs Statewide RICHMOND, Va. — According to Genworth’s 2010 Cost of Care Survey, home care costs, as well as costs of most other long term … Continue