With a citizen initiative on the ballot for this November, Maine is poised to become a national leader in the critical debate about how to provide care for a rapidly aging population and how to ensure those who provide care earn a decent living. There is little question about the need for action — the […]
universal home care
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Passage of Question 1 would help
I will be supporting Question 1 in November to create a universal home care system. As a disabled senior, without a vehicle, home care services would be a godsend. I have limited mobility — I use a walker to get around. There is no cartilage in my knees; it’s difficult to stand or walk. I […]
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Support for Question 1
I hope others will join me in voting “yes” for universal home care (Question 1) in November. I am an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam era, and I worked for 40 years as a laboratory technologist. But I was hardly prepared for how exhausting it was to care for three of my loved ones […]
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Here’s how Maine’s ballot question on universal home care will read
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office released on Monday the language of a November ballot initiative that would raise taxes on wealthier Mainers to pay for home care for the elderly and disabled. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said in a press release said that the final wording of the question on an act that […]
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Provide for the elderly, disabled
I am concerned about the home care that people need. I know of people who need it, but cannot afford it. They do not want to go into a nursing home. They would lose their house or apartment where they have lived for many years. Some folks have family that can help their elderly, but […]