It will take a statewide commitment to make sure that Maine communities are built to meet the people’s needs.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Doctors are unnecessarily torturing dying dementia patients
Think about how you want to be cared for at the end of life, write it down and regularly remind your family and doctor of this directive.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Behind USM’s name change plan
Attracting working-age people to the state is more important than soothing municipal rivalries.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Social Security isn’t doomed for millennials, Gen Xers
Even the worst-case scenario shows that the program will still pay out benefits.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Times Record
Freeport hopes to be younger at heart by extending elder services
A new steering committee is working on ways to better support seniors.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Get over it, boomers! Gen Z’s disdain for us is the natural order of things
The kids may ‘OK’ this boomer to their hearts’ content – someday, they’ll fill his shoes.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: No matter the law, this senior is (basically) high on life
Youthful interest in experimentation with drugs has lost its appeal, even as marijuana becomes legal.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Census report: U.S. growth will slow as population ages
The United States will add 79 million people in the next 40 years, but growth will slow down as the U.S population gets older.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Starving seniors – how America fails to feed its elderly
More than 5 million of them don’t have consistent access to enough food to sustain a healthy life, a number that has doubled since 2001.
Posted inMaine, News
Summit on Maine’s aging population strikes new tone under Mills administration
Participants in the daylong annual conference on issues facing the oldest state note optimism and action that were missing under former Gov. Paul LePage.