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Be There for ME

By lindasnyder on July 31, 2024 • ( 0 )

Supporting Parents and Caregivers in Maine. It can be hard to ask for help or even know what’s out there. You’re not alone. Be There for ME is a place to start to find support. When life gets hard (and… Read More ›

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Coalition calls on state to pass additional funding for long-term care facilities

By lindasnyder on March 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

Maine Public | By Kaitlyn Budion Published March 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM EDT https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2024-03-21/coalition-calls-on-state-to-pass-additional-funding-for-long-term-care-facilities A coalition of medical providers and advocates are calling on state legislators to approve additional funding for long-term care facilities. Members of the Who Will Care? Coalition… Read More ›
Long Term Care Insurance… The Real Thing or a Scam?

By lindasnyder on March 7, 2024 • ( 0 )

Okay, so it’s not exactly a scam… except… Read on. Last year an elderly gentleman’s wife was dying. For decades they had paid into a long term care policy, and had amassed nearly three quarters of a million dollars available… Read More ›
Can You Identify the Mistakes? Part 2 of (Nearly 40 Years Ago I Thought I Knew a Lot About) Starting & Running a Business.

By lindasnyder on February 18, 2024 • ( 0 )

If you’re thinking about starting a business, the scenarios below should give you pause. There’s lots to think about, as each of these very real situations (which I personally knew about, having talked with the individuals involved), should show. Scenario… Read More ›
Nearly 40 Years Ago I Thought I Knew a Lot About Starting and Running a Business….Part 1.

By lindasnyder on February 17, 2024 • ( 0 )

In the mid 1980s, I wrote a series of articles for a freebie weekly newspaper based in western Maine. The topic? How to start and manage your own business. Copies of all those articles (and there were maybe a dozen… Read More ›
New Study from Tufts Links Intake of Protein, Especially Plant Protein, To Healthier Aging in Females

By lindasnyder on January 19, 2024 • ( 0 )

Uh oh… this will be my second blog on a similar subject in barely a month… And yes, I am a vegetarian and have been for a good 45 years, so the topic is important to me. Here goes (I’ve… Read More ›
Mushroom Burial Suits – Looking for Contact Info

By lindasnyder on January 17, 2024 • ( 0 )

I’m writing this as a way of journaling some of the pain I’m feeling right now for a dear friend – one of the kindest, gentlest people I’ve ever met – who does not deserve to be faced with one… Read More ›
More Scam Alerts From Our “Stories of Entitlement” Blog

By lindasnyder on January 13, 2024 • ( 0 )

It never fails to amaze me how otherwise smart & savvy people can get sucked in by scammers… whether those scammers are pitching pyramid schemes, or catfishing, or scaring our elders with tales of grandchildren in jail…. Here are two… Read More ›
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” – Oscar Wilde. Now let’s talk about Content Scrapers.

By lindasnyder on January 12, 2024 • ( 0 )

A “content scraper” called “FindHealthClinics dot com” (which is based in the UK) has apparently stolen our website’s contents and posted the blogs on their own site, pretending to be a good way for the general public to find therapists,… Read More ›
Governor Mills Announces $2.5 Million Initiative to Expand Support for Older Adults and Caregivers in Maine

By lindasnyder on January 9, 2024 • ( 0 )

Press Release from the Maine Governor’s OfficeJanuary 08. 2024 Led by the Governor’s Cabinet on Aging, the initiative will develop and pilot a first-of-its-kind statewide integrated program to connect older adults and their caregivers to aging resources in their community… Read More ›