Caregivers Information

Below are some resources which may be helpful. If you are aware of any support groups, programs or other resources which you feel may be helpful to others, please contact the Office of Elder Services at OES.Info@maine.gov or call us at 1-800-262-2232

Family Caregiver Support Program

If you are interested in a home and community care assessment to help learn what services are available, visit our Maine Home & Community Care page.

Respite/alternative care

• Respite care - Alzheimers
• Early Memory Loss Family Support Group
• Adult Day Care Programs

Support Groups

• The Brain Injury Association of Maine
• Seacoast Online group Listing
• The Aroostook Medical Center listing
• Southern Maine Agency on Aging
• Central Maine Medical Center

Miscellaneous

• 2009 National Family Caregiving Awards Program - Applications Are Now Being Accepted

  The National Alliance for Caregiving and MetLife Foundation are pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2009 National Family Caregiving Awards Program.
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• Connections - A Guide for Family Caregivers in Maine
  This guide includes information about home care, assisted living and nursing facility care, end of life care, kinship parents, legal issues, health insurance, dementias, and long-term care as well as other services that people caring for older adults might want to know about.
• Maine SAVVY CAREGIVER Training, sponsored by the Office of Elder Services, Department of Health and Human Services and funded by the Administration on Aging, provides family caregivers of people with dementia the knowledge, skills and attitude essential for successful caregiving. The 12-hour training is provided in 6 sessions.
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