AUGUSTA – Senior Spectrum, an agency that offers independent living options to mature adults and their families, invites the public to tune into its December Mature Lifestyle cable television program on Adelphia Channel 9 for inexpensive gift-giving tips that add special meaning to the holidays.

December’s program, “Preparing for the Holidays,” was taped at Longfellow’s Greenhouses in Manchester. Special guest Liz Ashe, director of training at Affiliated Healthcare Systems, recommends simple gift ideas such as writing someone a poem, donating time or services and getting the family involved in making special gifts.

The program is a live studio talk show hosted by Libby Mitchell, former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, and produced by Senior Spectrum and Adelphia Network 9. It is broadcast three times each week. The show airs at 6 p.m. Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays, and Fridays. It reaches audiences in central and western Maine and parts of southern Maine.

Senior Spectrum is a Maine Agency on Aging. The public is invited to call the information and help line at 1-800-639-1553 for details, to join the volunteer corps or to request a center bulletin. The Web site is www.seniorspectrum.com.