Senior Education

1. Eating Right: How Many Calories?

   How many calories do seniors need? There is a right number of calories for your body. Use the following as a guideline. A woman over 50 who is: Not physically active needs about 1600 calories a day … Continue

2. Getting Started in Facebook in 5 easy steps

   When my business partner Lynn Peel and I started Maine Senior Guide it was because we wanted to gather all the products, services and resources for Maine seniors and their families into one easy-access website.  People asked … Continue

3. 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

4. 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

5. Long Term Care Insurance: an intro

   I’m excited about being part of Maine Senior Guide. As an expert in LTC (long term care) insurance, any opportunity to help educate you about this topic is valuable, because there’s so much inaccurate and misleading stuff … Continue

6. Home Safety Assessment Checklist

   When you begin to think about staying safely and comfortably in your own home, it’s not easy to think of everything. Here’s a very comprehensive home safety assessment list that you can download and print. It’s a great … Continue

7. Tax Credits Part II: Long Term Care?

   Tax guru I am not, but I thought it might be helpful to review some of the federal tax rules related to family care providers’ medical and dental expenses. Since this is a pretty long article, I’ve … Continue