Mark your calendars for Monday, Jan. 27, at 10 a.m. when Lakes Region Senior Center, at the Sunset Ridge Golf Links, River Road, at the Windham-Westbrook line, will host a public (and free) meeting with a representative from Maine’s Legal Services for the Elderly.

This agency provides persons age 60 and older with free legal services on a broad range of issues. Some of the subjects they cover are evictions and foreclosure, health care and health insurance issues, such as issues with Medicare (including Part D), MaineCare (Medicaid), Social Security and other public benefits, powers of attorney, consumer matters including creditor and bankruptcy problems, and physical abuse and financial exploitation.

The meeting is free and open to the public. You will have an opportunity to ask questions. Refreshments will be available. The Senior Center is open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Friday during the winter. Activities include card and other games, weight support group, chair exercises, needlework and puzzles. All are welcome to stop by and see what’s going on.

On Tuesdays, Feb. 4 and 18, the Southern Maine Agency on Aging will offer a Medicare seminar and counseling for the Lakes Region at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church at 919 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. A “Welcome to Medicare” seminar is scheduled from 10 a.m.-noon.

In addition to the Medicare seminar, there will be one-on-one counseling with volunteer Medicare advocates available from 9 a.m. to noon. The seminar and counseling are intended to help you sort through your Medicare options, answer questions and to help you enroll.

In addition to Medicare assistance, counseling on tax and rent rebate, food stamps, and fuel assistance can be arranged.

Call the Southern Maine Agency on Aging to register for an upcoming seminar or to make a one-on-one appointment with a Medicare Advocate at 396-6500 or 800-427-7411. Ask about the other opportunities for these appointments. Seminar walk-ins can usually be accommodated. Visit the website at www.smaaa.org to learn more about the many other services that are available.

Kay Soldier welcomes reader ideas for column topics of interest to seniors. She can be reached by email at kso48@aol.com, or write to 114 Tandberg Trail, Windham, ME 04062.