Maine ADRC, Area Agency on Aging, and 211 Resource Navigation¶
Maine caregivers can use Maine's Aging and Disability Resource Centers, Area Agencies on Aging, Maine Access Navigator, Office of Aging and Disability Services, and 211 Maine to find aging, disability, caregiver, long-term services and supports, respite, home care, meals, transportation, housing, food, heating, financial assistance, health care, and community resource referrals.
Maine's five Area Agencies on Aging serve as one-stop-shops for older adults, individuals with disabilities, and care partners who have questions about in-home, community-based, and institutional services. Maine DHHS Office of Aging and Disability Services says the five AAAs are also Aging and Disability Resource Centers that provide information and assistance for public or private long-term care resources, serve professionals and individuals planning for future long-term care needs, and act as the entry point to publicly administered long-term supports funded by Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and state programs. Maine ADRCs serve older adults, people with disabilities, and care partners with long-term care community or program needs. The Maine Access Navigator Tool helps older Mainers, family members, and care partners identify needs in nutrition, safety, money management, transportation, in-home support, and more; users can share results with a local ADRC so a trained specialist can help connect them with services and programs. Maine DHHS lists ADRC services including information and referrals for transportation, housing, home care, assistive technology, food pantries, meals, fall prevention, chronic disease management, Alzheimer's respite, adult day care, legal services, employment training, health insurance counseling, options counseling, advocacy, and care partner support services. 211 Maine supports older adults and people with disabilities by providing referrals and information for services and supports, including employment supports, community meals, respite care, home health care, transportation, homemaker services, housing, heat, food, and other non-emergency services.
Eligibility¶
- Relationship: spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, non relative