Home care: Where to find It

Area Agencies on Aging

Wherever you live in Maine, the services of an Area Agency on Aging are available to you.  Their goal is to assure that older people and their caregivers receive support to maintain their independence and dignity in the community.

Call your local Area Agency on Aging at 1-877-353-3771 (ELDERS1) about:

• Adult Day Services
• Caregiver Support
• Employment
• Health Insurance Information
• Home Repairs
• Housing
• Information and Assistance
• Meals on Wheels (home-delivered meals)
• Recreational Activities
• Senior Dining Centers
• Transportation
• Volunteer programs

Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties

• SeniorsPlus (formerly: Western Area Agency on Aging)
  465 Main Street, PO Box 659
  Lewiston, ME 04243-0659
  Phone: 1-800-427-1241 or 795-4010
  TTY: 795-7232
  Web site: www.seniorsplus.org

Aroostook County

• Aroostook Area Agency on Aging
  33 Davis Street, PO Box 1288
  Presque Isle, ME 04769
  Phone: 1-800-439-1789
  V/TTY 764-3396
  Web site: www.aroostookaging.org

Cumberland and York Counties

• Southern Maine Agency on Aging
  307 Cumberland Avenue, P.O. Box 10480
  Portland, ME 04104
  Phone: V/TTY 1-800-427-7411
  V/TTY: 775-6503
  Web site: www.smaaa.org

Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington Counties

• Eastern Agency on Aging 4
  50 Essex Street Bangor, ME 04401-9810
  Phone: V/TTY 1-800-432-7812
  V/TTY 941-2865
  Web site: www.eaaa.org

Knox, Lincoln, Waldo, Somerset, Sagadahoc and Kennebec Counties, Brunswick and Harpswell

• Senior Spectrum
  One Weston Court, PO Box 2589
  Augusta, ME 04338-2589
  Phone: 622-9212 or 1-800-639-1553
  TTY: 1-800-464-8703
  Web site: www.seniorspectrum.com