In-Home Supports-Helping Highlands Seniors Age in Place 

HOUSING - maintenance and repair, medical supplies

• Area Hardware stores:  For grab bars and accessibility hardware.

• Alpha One-supporting adults with disabilities remain independent at home

• Black Bear Medical:   specialty mobility products and common home medical equipment products including canes, crutches, walkers, rollators, commodes, hospital beds, stair lifts, vertical wheelchair lifts and modular ramps along with several other types of vehicle lifts and ramps. We also carry an extensive selection of mobility scooters and lift chair recliners, compression socks.  Medicare approved and JACHO accredited. Bangor Store: 1113 Stillwater Ave, Phone: 207-992-2337

• Local Church groups:  occasionally these organizations in your community can help with small home repair or maintenance.

•  EAAA - EZ Fix Program- fee-for-service program available to seniors over 50 and people with disabilities. For $20 an hour, a handyman or housekeeper will come to your home and clean or make minor repairs.

• Free medical equipment:  

  • Milo Loan cupboard (limited to Milo residents), Methodist Church, contact Deanne Merrill 943-2650​

  • Dexter Loan Cupboard:  (limited to residents of Dexter, Garland and Ripley), Operated by the Dexter Public Health association. Above the town office, contact Brenda Clark, Dexter Public Health, 944-6443.

• Maine Aging and Disability Resource Center-Home Modifications include any changes to an existing home that are made to help people with physical limitations live as safely and independently as possible.  Home modifications can range from a few hundred dollars for items such as installing grab bars or higher amounts for major projects.

• Maine State Housing -provides help to low-income homeowners who cannot afford necessary home repairs in the form of a Home Repair grant or Elderly Hardship grant

• Penquis- programs include weatherization, energy efficiency improvements, and lead testing

• Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC)/AOS 94:  provides career and technical education for high school students residing in this region. It’s possible that students in the Building Trades program could provide assistance with projects such as ramps, repairs, etc.
  Tel: 207-924-7670.  http://www.aos94.org/Home/academics/tech-center/building-trades

HEATING/UTILITIES-Helping people to remain safely in their homes:

• Efficiency Maine -Home energy Savings Program

• Penquis- Housing and Energy Services offers a variety of heating and utility services including LiHEAP (Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program).  

• Window Dressers- A local volunteer community project building inexpensive insulating window inserts to reduce heating costs and reduce fossil fuel use.  

HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND HOSPICES:

• Amedisys-a large national nursing agency providing skilled nursing, telehealth services and hospice care, 207-990-0029

• Beacon Hospice-an Amedisys company founded in 1993 providing hospice care throughout New England with a local office in Bangor, 207-942-2920

• Care and Comfort-providing in home personal care, light housekeeping and support care, 207-992-2535

• Charlotte White Center-providing rehabilitative, personal care and behavioral health services for people with behavioral or mental health problems to support recovery to each client's best possible functioning ability. 

• Community Health and Counseling Services Home Health and Hospice -a fully certified home health agency providing Medicare skilled services, mental health services, telehealth,  and Hospice care for over 20 years in Central and Eastern Maine, with an office in Dover-Foxcroft, 207-2267

• New England Home Health Care-providing in home care and facility care for people requiring support services such as personal care, assistance with daily activities, and recovery form surgery or hospital care.  Office in Bangor. 

• Pine Tree Hospice- a volunteer hospice located in Dover-Foxcroft and  serving patients and caregivers in over 20 towns in the Highlands region since 1984.

• St. Joseph's Home Care and Hospice (travels to Dexter) 207-992-2535

Additional in Home Support Services:

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• University of Maine’s Senior Companion Program (UMO Cooperative Extension)

1-866-456-2322
www.umaine.edu/seniorcompanion

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• Elder Independence of Maine

1-866-456-2322
www.elderindependence.org

PRIVATE DUTY PROVIDERS:

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• Agencies

• Aging Excellence
  (207) 947-0999
  Private Duty Agency

• A Loving Touch In-Home Care
  (207) 990-1995
  Private Duty Agency

• Acadia Home Care
  (207) 989-5155
  Private Duty Agency

• Assistance Plus
  1-800-781-0070
  Private Duty Agency

• Care and Comfort
  1-866-397-3350
  Private Duty Agency

• Home Care for Maine
  1-800-639-3084
  Private Duty Agency

• MAS Home Care of Maine
  1-877-668-8678
  Private Duty Agency

• New England Home Health
  1-800-287-0338
  Private Duty Agency

• Healing Spirit Health Care
  (207) 827-9100
  Private Duty Agency

• Certified Nurses Aid Registry Maine Department of Human Services: 624-7300
  www.maine.gov/dlrs/cna/home

Made available by Mayo Regional Hospital Social Services Department.  Updated April 5, 2016.  For questions please call 564-4294. 

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Please note:  this list of names is for your convenience when you are in need of extra help at home. These people are not employed by Mayo Regional Hospital . Any negotiation for wages, hours, and contracts is strictly between you and the person you choose to hire.  Any references or verification of certification is your responsibility. 

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• McEwen, Tiffany
  (207) 416-7812
  938-7016 PSS, prefers days

• Palmer, Joelle
  (207) 485-7195
  CNA, med tech days/nights/weekends

• Pare, Ethel
  (207) 564-8236
  PCA, Homemaker, overnights

• Parkman, Cheryl
  (207) 965-8468
  Personal Care, Homemaking

• Perkins, Diane
  (207) 717-5395
  PCA

• Pinkham, Toni
  (207) 564-7291
  Personal Care, Homemaker

• Pomerleau, Pam
  (207) 683-5541
  PCA/PSS Homemaker, availability varies

• Sandberg, Tonya
  (207) 876-3217

• Stubbs, Pam
  (207) 279-1886
  PCA/PSS

• Taylor, Tina
  (207) 564-0187
  PCA Homemaker, days

• Tibbetts, Theresa
  (207) 564-7522
  CNA, Homemaker

• Turcotte, Janel
  (207) 717-5744
  EMT, PCA, Homemaker, Hospice, flexible shifts

• Walsh, Mary
  (831) 737-3940
  Personal Care, Light Homemaking

• White, Candy
  (207) 343-0071
  Personal Care, Homemaker

• Wisher, Joan
  (207) 695-0252
  Willing to travel and will consider live-in

• Wisotzkey, Faye
  (207) 943-6199
  Home Health Aid

• Zwicker, Frances
  (207) 943-3052
  Homemaker, Personal Care

• Miner, Denise
  (207) 277-3188
  CAN/PCA Flexible