Resources

Laws Authorizing Ombudsman Program

• Federal Law
• Maine Law

Legal Resources

• Legal Services for the Elderly (Maine) - provides free legal assistance to consumers over 60.
• Pine Tree Legal Assistance - provides free legal assistance to low income consumers.
• Disability Rights Center – works on behalf of consumers with disabilities.
• Volunteer Lawyers Project

Regulations

• Maine Home Care Regulations
• Maine Nursing Facility Regulations
• Maine Assisted Housing Regulations - this link includes the regulations for assisted living and residential care. Regulations are organized by level or size of licensed facility. For example Level IV PNMI is a facility with 7 or more beds.

Facility Searches

• Assisted Housing Facilities
• Nursing Homes - this link can also be used to find licensed home health care agencies.
  

Maine Agencies

• AARP Maine
• Alzheimer's Association - Maine Chapter - offers a variety of services including support groups, education and advocacy for and on behalf of consumers with Alzheimer’s disease and their families.
• Maine Equal Justice Partners
• Maine Hospice Council
• Maine Home Care & Hospice Alliance

Home Care

• Elder Independence of Maine
• Office of Elder Services - includes links to publications regarding home care, advance directives and other resources for elders.
• Alpha One - provides numerous services to consumers with disabilities.

Maine Area Agencies on Aging

• Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• Aroostook Area Agency on Aging
• Eastern Agency on Aging
• Seniors Plus
• Spectrum Generations
• Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging

Elder Related

• Elder Issues Partnership - partnership of Maine organizations concerned with advocating, educating, and communicating the value of older Maine citizens and their needs.
• University of Maine Center on Aging

National Sites

• Administration on Aging - federal agency whose mission is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated and cost-effective system of long-term care that helps elderly individuals to maintain their dignity in their homes and communities.
• Alzheimer's Association
• NCCNHR
  National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
  Consumers and advocates who define and achieve quality for people with long-term care needs.
• Nursing Home Compare Tool (through Medicare.gov)
• Other State Ombudsman Programs
• National Center on Elder Abuse

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