Care Choices - Home Care, Assisted Living and Nursing Facilities Care
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Finding the kind of care you need often feels like going through a maze
when you are least able to do so - when you or a loved one face a medical
emergency or crisis. Much of the information on these pages can be found elsewhere on the Bureau's
web site, but is organized here to provide a "one-stop-shopping" source of information specific
to long-term care and health care.
Nursing homes used to be the only choice. But not today...
Introducing Long-Term Care |
Care Options
Care Options includes information about where you can get assistance if you
are no longer able to care for yourself, or need some assistance to remain in your own home
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Home Care
- Assisted Living and Adult Day Programs
- Assisted Living/ADC -
A "searchable" listing of Adult Day Care and Assisted Living facilities throughout the state.
- Nursing Facilities
Financial Assistance
Information on resources to help pay for some of the costs associated with health care
- Health
Insurance Assistance - The Health Insurance Assistance Program offers a helping hand to Medicare
beneficiaries by providing free information, counseling, and assistance.
- Prescription Drug Assistance - A guide for Mainers who need help paying for their prescription drugs especially
those on Medicare
- Medicaid - Information on Medicaid, including financial and medical eligibility determination information.
- Medicare - If you are 65 and over and receive Social Security
Retirement or Railroad Retirement benefits you are eligible to receive Medicare to help pay certain
medical expenses.
- Maine Senior Medicare Patrol - The Partnership's mission is to educate
consumers about their Medicare benefits and to help reduce errors, fraud, waste and abuse.
- General Assistance - You may be eligible even if you work or receive
other benefits such as: food stamps, veterans' benefits, or Social Security.
Advance Health Care Decisions
Information on legal issues, health care decisions, finances, etc
- Aging: Taking Care of Business - A Guide for Older People, Families and Friends Regarding:
- Health Care Advance Directives
- Durable Powers of Attorney for Finances
- Guardianship/Conservatorship
- Other Related Information
- Advance Directives - Taking Charge of Your Health Care Health
Care Advance Directives - Your right to choose your care in advance
Related Information/Sites
Other miscellaneous information and web sites related to health care
