Getting help for aging family members or friends can be confusing, stressful and overwhelming. We’ll hear from experts on some of the biggest challenges facing older people – from mobility to memory to medications – and ways to care for aging family members and friends. We’ll also get advice on where caregivers can turn to get help and support.
Guests
Ann Quinlan, GCM, founder, Healthy Aging Matters
Jabbar Fazeli, MD, specialist in geriatric medicine and co-chair of the Maine Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
Bethany L. Lawrence, RN, BSN CMC, founder and president, Aging Excellence
Jane Margesson (by phone), communications director, AARP Maine
Lori Campbell (by phone), MA, LSW, family caregiver support supervisor, caregiver respite program coordinator, Southern Maine Agency on Aging
Resources
- Washington Post: 'This will be catastrophic': Maine families face elder boom, worker shortage in preview of nation's future
- Healthy Aging Matters
- Maine Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
- Aging Excellence
- AARP Maine
- Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging
- Maine Aging & Disability Services: Family Caregiver Program
- Family Caregiver Council
- New tool allows comparisons of Maine home health care agencies
- November is Maine Family Caregivers Month: Resources, Tools Available
- RAISE Family Caregivers Act Now Law
- Prepare to Care: A Caregiving Planning Guide for Families
- AARP HomeFit Guide
- MaineCare Consumer Directed Attendant Services
- Aging Life Care Association
- Upcoming conference on elder care: "The Eldercare Journey"