Tag Archives: caregiver assistance

  1. An Ounce of Prevention: High Blood Pressure

    The Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick hosts a healthcare series called Ounce of Prevention.  Their next seminar, Dealing with High Blood Pressure, features Christopher W. Meserve, MD, an internist with Mid Coast Medical Group Adult … Continue

  2. Maine Seacoast Memory Walk

    Join us for a Kickoff Party on August 11th! Please join us on Thursday, August 11 at Sentry Hill in York as we kick off the Seacoast Walk to End Alzheimer’s! Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Maine’s largest and most important … Continue

  3. Palliative Care Grant for HomeHealth Visiting Nurses

    Congratulations to HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, which received a  $7000 grant from the Hospice Fund of the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) to support their efforts to increase quality health care for Maine residents facing life-threatening illness or end-state chronic disease. … Continue

  4. Tips 7-10: 10 tips to Help Seniors Communicate with their Boomer Children

    These tips are taken from the 70/40 Rule,  a small and engaging booklet about communication sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.  Here are tips 7-10. You can finds tips 1-3 here and tips 4-6 here. 7. Raise the issue. … Continue

  5. 10 Tips to Help Seniors Communicate with Their Boomer Children: Tips 1-3

    These tips are taken from the 70/40 Rule,  a small and engaging booklet about communication sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.  Here are tips 1-3.  1. Be Assertive….There will be situations where people talk to you in ways … Continue

  6. Alzheimer’s: Share the Experience

    Have you ever wondered what it feels like to have Alzheimer’s or dementia? You can find out at a special look inside the locked world of Alzheimers on Wednesday, May 25, during a presentation at Bay Square in Yarmouth. Refreshments … Continue

  7. Alzheimer’s in America: the defining disease of baby boomers

    The Alzheimer’s Association has published an informative new report entitled Generation Alzheimer’s: the defining disease of the baby boomers.  In addition to the human toll, over the next 40 years Alzheimer’s will cost the nation $20 trillion, … Continue