Maine Care Partner Supports and Respite for ME¶
Maine's Office of Aging and Disability Services supports care partners through Maine's five Area Agencies on Aging. Programs include the National Family Caregiver Program, the State Respite Care Program for families caring for people with dementia and related diseases, and the Respite for ME Program for respite and supplemental services.
Maine's five Area Agencies on Aging, with support from OADS, administer federal and state programs for care partners of older individuals and people with dementia and related diseases. Services include information and assistance, individual counseling, education and training, support groups, in-home and out-of-home respite care, adult day services, homemaker services, and personal care. The Respite for ME Program is established in Maine law to provide respite care and supplemental services for family caregivers and older relative caregivers.
Eligibility¶
- Relationship: spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, non relative