Maine Care Planning Council
Find a Council Member Providing Care Management & Eldercare Resolution Services.
Use the search, map, or area links below (scroll down) to find help where you live in Maine.
Caregiving Management & Eldercare Resolution
Southern Maine
Augusta, Auburn, Biddeford, Brunswick, Portland, Lewiston, Sanford, and surrounding areas
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Southern Maine. Click here to Request Assistance from the Maine Care Planning Council.
Central Maine
Bangor, Belfast, Ellsworth, Oakland, Old Town, Skowhegan, and Waterville and surrounding areas
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Central Maine. Click here to Request Assistance from the Maine Care Planning Council.
Northern Maine
Bridge Water, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Houlton, Mars Hill, Presque Isle, and surrounding areas
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Northern Maine. Click here to Request Assistance from the Maine Care Planning Council.
Click on the Map to Locate Services
Southern Maine: Augusta, Auburn, Biddeford, Brunswick, Portland, Lewiston, Sanford, and surrounding areas
Central Maine: Bangor, Belfast, Ellsworth, Oakland, Old Town, Skowhegan, and Waterville and surrounding areas
Northern Maine: Bridge Water, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Houlton, Mars Hill, Presque Isle, and surrounding areas
About Care Management
Services from care managers in Maine should be something that every family takes advantage of, but in reality very few families use them. Qualified managers could go a long ways towards helping the family find better and more efficient ways of providing care for a loved one.
The concept is simple. The family hires a professional adviser to act as a guide through the maze of long term care services and providers. The care manager has been there many times. The family is experiencing it usually for the first time.
Hiring a care manager should be no different than hiring an attorney to help with legal problems or a CPA to help with tax problems. Most people don't attempt to solve legal problems on their own. And the use of professional tax advice can be an invaluable investment. The same is true of using an experienced manager.
Unfortunately there are too few care managers and the public is so poorly informed about the services of a care manager, that valuable resources that could be provided go lacking.
The irony of not using a care manager is that most families -- when given the opportunity to use these services -- think they can do it themselves and will not pay the money. Yet the services of a care manager most likely will save them considerably more money than do-it-yourself. The cost of the care manager might be only a fraction of the savings the manager could produce. Care management services can also greatly reduce family and caregiver stress and help eliminate family disputes and disagreements.
