With limited incomes and little or no savings, seniors increasingly depend on government programs and worry who will care for them as they age.
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Legislation targets Maine’s chronic waiting list for Meals on Wheels
The largely federally funded program provides healthy food and human connections that help prevent more costly hospital and nursing home stays.
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America’s graying population in 3 maps
The U.S. population has changed substantially in the last half century, growing by nearly 63 percent. Perhaps the two most prominent demographic changes over the past 50 years relate to age. In 1968, the baby boom had just ended, and the oldest members of its cohort were only 22 years old. As baby boomers age, the […]
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Video: Researchers unlocking clues to ‘super-aging’
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these “superagers” to uncover their secret. The work is the flip side of the disappointing hunt for new drugs to fight or […]
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A Gray fifth grader tells the Senate that diabetes won't curb his dreams
Charlie Albair, a 10-year-old from Gray, told U.S. senators Wednesday that he is “just like a lot of other kids” who love sports and hope to play for the Boston Red Sox someday. Testifying before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, the fifth grader said there is, however, “one big difference” between him and most […]
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Susan Collins seeks to help grandparents raising their grandchildren
AUGUSTA — One of the many fallouts from the opioid epidemic is that thousands of children are winding up in the care of grandparents, including many in Maine. With parents in prison, strung out or dead, these youngsters are among the 2.7 million nationally who count on grandparents to raise them, sometimes on limited incomes […]
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Maine recovers jobs after recession; aging workers a concern
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state’s economy is back to where it was before the recession when it comes to jobs, a feat some economists thought might be impossible because of its shrinking workforce. The state has returned to the pre-recession peak of about 620,800 jobs, meaning it has made up the 25,000 or so […]
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The real national embarrassment
WASHINGTON — The race for president is over; however, the 2016 campaign for the White House will undoubtedly be remembered for its vulgarity, mean-spiritedness and mendacity. It has been a national embarrassment. But a parallel failing is less noticed: the unwillingness of both candidates — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — to come to grips […]
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Choices easier as my time gets shorter
Three summers ago, just days after my 55th birthday, my 4-year-old grandson stood next to me at the bathroom sink and stared into the mirror as I dabbed a few drops of liquid makeup around my face and started spreading it around. He was trying to be patient, as he knew I had to finish […]
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Senior College Program on ‘Aging in Place’ May 21
BETHEL — To Your Health, of Western Mountains Senior College, will present “Aging in Place” from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m Thursday, May 21, in the Bethel Congregational Church Hall, 32 Church St. Aging in place refers to seniors remaining independent in their homes as they age. This program is a follow-up to one held recently, “End […]