In Home Care
Loving Touch
Offers respite care, in home dementia care for up to 24 hrs.
Bangor: 207.990.1995
Ellsworth: 207.667.1900
Senior Helpers Maine LLC
Offers in home support with all activities of daily living. Coming soon they will have in home phlebotomy and medical visits.
Bangor: 207.974.8229
Visiting Angels Senior Home Care
In home personal care, accompaniment to appointments, grocery shopping, light housekeeping. Respite care, Palliative care, transitional care. Serves Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Orono, Old Town.
Bangor: 207.573.1861
D&C Home Care
In home personal care support, companionship/errands, medication administration
Bangor: (207) 947-0999
Augusta/Waterville: (207) 512-8894
Belfast: (207) 204-8546
Grannie Nannies Caring Companions LLC
In home personal care assistance, medication reminders & management, light housekeeping and laundry, grocery shopping & errands, meal prep, transportation to appointments, hospice support. Serves Bangor and surrounding area up to 1.5 hours away.
Bangor: (207) 217-3837
Caring Companions in Home Care
In home support, companionship, large coverage area
Phone: (207) 356-8556
Arcadia New England Home Care
In home support with personal care, respite care, end of life comfort acre, companionship, transportation, after surgery care. Large coverage area.
Phone: (207) 989-5155
Aging Excellence
Various services aiming to support seniors living at home who want to stay home. Help with daily living tasks, housekeeping, yardwork, transportation is available.
Bangor: (207) 401-2113
Maine Home Care
Lincoln based home care that serves central and northern Maine.
Phone: (207) 746-0039
Memory Care
How to Determine Your Needs
Independent Living
Active older adults who need little to no assistance with daily care but want a community environment with social activities, maintenance free living and optional support.
- Ellen Leach Memorial Home - Retirement community in Brewer, ME
- Solstice Senior Living - Retirement community in Bangor, ME
- Penobscot Terrace - Retirement community in Old Town, ME
- Penobscot Shores Retirement - Retirement Community in Belfast, ME
- Dirigo Pines - Independent cottage homes in Orono, ME. Can appeal to older adults who want autonomy.
Assisted Living/Memory Care
This adult may need help with some activities of daily living but can still do some independently or with supervision.
- Dirigo Pines - Assisted Living in Orono, ME
- Woodlands Senior Living - multiple locations in Maine
- Memory Lane Assisted Living LLC - Small assisted living home in Hermon, ME
- Clear Creak Living on Union - Small assisted living home in Bangor, ME
- The Meadows - Assisted Living in Old Town, ME
- Winterberry Heights Senior Living - Assisted Living in Bangor, ME
- Sweet Seniors - Assisted Living in East Millinocket, ME
- Evergreen Assisted Living – Assisted Living in Bangor, ME
- Birch Bay Retirement Village - Bar Harbor, ME
Memory Care/LTC
Requires a secure and structured environment, help is often needed for all ADLs.
- Westgate Center for Rehabilitation & Alzheimer’s Care - Bangor, ME
- Eastside Center for Health & Rehabilitation - Bangor, ME
- Orono Commons - Orono, ME
- Ross Manor - Bangor Maine
- Bangor Nursing & Rehabilitation - Bangor, ME
- Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation - Brewer, ME
- Katahdin Nursing Home - Millinocket, ME
- Maine Veterans Home - multiple locations
- Stillwater Healthcare - Bangor, ME
Area Agencies on Aging
There are five Area Agencies on Aging in Maine that serve as a resource for older adults, caregivers and people living with disabilities. The agencies are experts at answering questions about in-home care services and other types of long-term support.
Eastern Area Agency on Aging
Serves Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington County
Phone: (207) 941-2865 or 1-800-432-7812
Spectrum Generations
Serves Cumberland (Harpswell and Brunswick only), Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset and Waldo County
Phone: (207) 622-9212 or 1-800-639-1553
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging
Serves Aroostook County
Phone: (207) 764-3396 or 1-800-439-1789
Seniors Plus
Serves Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford County
Phone: (207) 795-4010 or 1-800-427-1242
Southern Maine Agency on Aging
Serves Cumberland (Except Harpswell and Brunswick) and York County
Phone: (207) 396-6500 or 1-800-427-7411
Adult Day Services
- Don and Beth Strauss Day Program – Bar Harbor, ME
- Friendship Cottage - Blue Hill, ME
- My Friends Place - Bangor, ME
- Waldo County Spectrum Generations - Belfast, ME
- William S. Cohen Community Center - Hallowell, ME
Other Programs
This program can allow elders to stay in their home longer thanks to regular visits from a senior companion.
Phone: (207) 262-7920
Other Organizations
Lunder-Dineen’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of Maine residents through high-quality education in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital.