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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‘Normalcy’: Area seniors talk about how they’re staying sane and healthy as they await a vaccine
Local couples rely on new activities and imaginative tweaks to old routines to stay safe and sane during COVID.
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Living together 24/7: Pay attention to personality traits
As COVID-19 forces people to live together all the time, survival is all about listening and learning together too.
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Face Time: Chloe Giampaolo — ‘retired from teaching but not from life’
Chloe Giampaolo, 84, says her philosophy in life is to “find a need and fill it,” and it’s a philosophy she has carried into her writing career. A former elementary school teacher who retired in the early 1980s, Giampaolo says she has lived a life full of travel, happiness, unique experiences and volunteerism, among many […]
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‘Hanging tough:’ Bus tours, marketplaces, scavenger hunts keeping senior residents busy, upbeat
As staffs adapt and get imaginative, area assisted living facilities are offering residents a variety of new diversions to counteract the isolation caused by the coronavirus.
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Senior Citizens group meeting
This month’s meeting will be held on April 24.
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Area senior citizens meeting
The Old Town, Orono and Surrounding Area Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, April 10 at the Old Town Elks Lodge in the downstairs room. Socializing with coffee and snacks starts about 8:30 a.m. The regular business meeting starts at 1 a.m.1. There will be music by Kathy and Ed; There also will be a Tea […]
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Area senior citizens meeting
The meeting will be Wednesday, March 27 at the Old Town Elks Lodge.
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Mills releases bonds for senior housing that LePage blocked for 3 years
The $15 million package would create an estimated 200 new affordable housing units, with $500,000 earmarked for home repairs for low-income seniors.
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Mills to authorize sale of long-stalled senior housing bonds
Approved by 69 percent of voters three years ago, the $15 million in bonds to help finance construction of affordable senior housing units had been held up by Gov. Paul LePage.