senior citizens
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Commentary: Bill can be part of solution to attracting, retaining Maine direct care workers
L.D. 1718 would award up to four $4,000 vouchers for college tuition to direct care workers who work at least 30 hours per week for four years.
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PublishedMay 14, 2023
Gorham House preschool brings together youth, older adults
For the residents at the senior living community, as well as the preschoolers, intergenerational learning makes for joy, compassion and special connections.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
Maine Voices: How older Mainers can take action on climate change
To those elders who feel a responsibility to future generations, there are lifestyle changes that can help, but there is something more significant: what you do with your money.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2023
With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals
A lack of beds and staffing at assisted living facilities and nursing homes creates an unwelcome situation that benefits neither the languishing patients nor the hospitals shouldering their care.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Commentary: Was isolation a factor in Monterey Park shooting?
Loneliness and disconnection are no small matters for a rapidly aging population. The depression that results often goes undiagnosed and untreated.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
Maine Voices: A grandmother’s thoughts on a world on the brink of ecological collapse
As part of the generation that holds 70% of the disposable income in our country, I want that wealth to go to reversing the environmental damage we have done.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2022
Commentary: Sen. Collins must support grant program for manufactured housing communities
A vote for the PRICE program is a vote for an important, targeted solution to the housing crisis in Maine and nationally.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
Our View: Maine well placed to take lead in rooting out ageism
Our state has the highest median age in the nation (44.8 years). Our attitudes haven’t necessarily kept pace.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Phone scammers bilk Bath senior out of $9,500, claiming her grandson is in trouble
Each year, scam artists cheat American seniors out of an estimated $3 billion, according to justice.gov.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
Commentary: Maine’s older voters are ready to tip the scales in November
Older Mainers are more likely to support candidates who prioritize the protection of programs like Medicare and Social Security.
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