Center on Aging mentioned in BDN article on effort to help elders live at home
The University of Maine Center on Aging was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about a grassroots effort to help the state’s senior citizens live at home. At Home Downeast began operating in 2012 as a program of the nonprofit Washington Hancock Community Agency, and serving the towns of Surry, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Deer Isle, Stonington, Sedgwick, Brooksville, Penobscot and Castine. Surviving on in-kind contributions from volunteers, private donors, grant funding and membership fees based on a person’s ability to pay, the organization has been lauded by state leaders and advocates for the aging, according to the article. The group is partnering with UMaine’s Center on Aging to evaluate its programs and improve its ability to track the services it provides, from making phone calls on a member’s behalf to giving rides to medical facilities, the article states.