Social Seniors

1. The Good Old Days: We didn’t have the Green thing

   Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have … Continue

2. Knowing When to Get Help: Home Care in Maine

   Knowing When to Get Help Richard Blumenthal, President, Advantage Home Care LLC As we age and physical changes occur, we or someone we love may not be able to effectively deal with these changes. Some activities of … Continue

3. Senior Halloween Costumes: 6 Fast, Fun, Easy & Cheap Dress Up Ideas!

   Tomorrow night is October 31, All Hallows Eve, or Halloween, and that calls for some imaginative senior Halloween costumes.  The first thing you have to find out is if the kids in your neighborhood are trick or treating. The … Continue

4. 5 Time Tips for Social Media

   Yeah, we’ve all heard it before: you can’t save time. You have all there is, and each person is allotted the same number of minutes in every day. Then why is it that I lose an hour … Continue

5. Is that Mushroom Poisonous? A talk with Tom Seymour

   If you’ve always longed to be able to stroll into the woods or meadow and pluck something delicious from the edible wild landscape, come listen to Tom Seymour, author of Wild Plants of Maine: A Useful Guide. … Continue

6. Maine Vets: Bingham Mobile Clinic Remains Open

   from the Bangor Daily News, Alex Barber, BDN staff AUGUSTA, Maine — The Department of Veterans Affairs mobile medical clinic in Bingham will remain open after all, a VA official said Monday. The VA decided to continue … Continue

7. Life Without Limits: Senior Health Expo

   Spectrum Generations Southern Midcoast Community Center in Topsham is hosting the Life Without Limits Expo on September 20, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Cook’s Corner Mall in Brunswick.  Admission is free and parking … Continue