PATIENT & CAREGIVER RESOURCES
PATIENT & CAREGIVER RESOURCES
Patient & Caregiver Resources
Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine: The Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine is a membership nonprofit organization comprised of home care, home health care & hospice providers. Through networking, education and advocacy, Alliance staff and members work collaboratively to ensure our older adults and Mainer's with disabilities have access to affordable, accessible quality care in the comfort and safety of their own home and community.
Maine Hospice Council: The Maine Hospice Council exists to promote universal access to quality end of life care through innovation, creativity, education, advocacy, and collaboration.
Northern Light Home Care & Hospice: It’s never easy to start a conversation about death but if you are facing a terminal diagnosis or if you are thinking about stopping curative treatments, it is time to learn more about the support services offered by Northern Light’s Hospice program.
The Center for Grieving Children: The Center for Grieving Children is a nonprofit organization that provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, and education to grieving children, teens, families and the community.
Pathfinders: Pathfinders offers a caring, safe environment where children, teens, young adults, and their caregivers learn to cope with grief through peer support and grief education. There are two sessions per year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
Experience Camps: Experience Camps is a nonprofit that transforms the lives of grieving children through summer camp programs and innovative, year-round initiatives.
Center for Loss & Life Transition: Led by death educator and grief counselor Dr. Alan Wolfelt, they are an organization dedicated to helping people who are grieving and those who care for them.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: NHPCO enhances and expands access to care that addresses holistic health and the well-being of communities.
When You Die—Raising Awareness About Death: From existential afterlife questions such as “What happens when you die?” to palliative care and the nuts-and-bolts of green burial, if it has to do with death, we’re talking about it.
What Is Hospice Care and What Should You Expect? Hospice services offer physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical comfort and support to patients and families who are facing death at home, in the hospital, or other settings.
Reading List
Hospice Care Options Grief Reading List
Suggested Reading List - Hospice Savannah
Counseling, Bereavement, and Psychiatric Services
Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc. (AMHC)
Call Center: 1-800-244-6431
Crisis Support: 1-888-568-1112
Locations: Fort Kent, Madawaska, Caribou, Presque Isle, Houlton, Ellsworth, Machias, and Calais
Better Help – Licensed Therapy Services by Telehealth
BetterHelp—Professional Therapy With A Licensed Therapist
Central Aroostook Psychiatric Services (CAPS)
Direct Office Line: 207-764-9700
Locations: Presque Isle
Community Health & Counseling Services
Central Intake: 1-800-924-0366
Locations: Augusta, Bangor, Caribou, Dover-Foxcroft, Ellsworth, Houlton, Lincoln, Machias, Skowhegan, Westbrook
Fish River Rural Health Centers
Locations: Eagle Lake 207-444-5973; Fort Kent 207-834-3971; Madawaska 207-728-3971
Central Intake: 207-492-1000
Locations: Caribou, Madawaska
Heather Griffin, LCSW – HM Counseling LLC
Direct Line: 207-619-1291
Katahdin Valley Health Center – Behavioral Health
Central Intake: 1-866-366-5842
Locations: Ashland, Island Falls, Patten, Houlton, Millinocket, Lincoln, Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft
Life by Design
Central Intake: 207-764-6825
Locations: Houlton, Presque Isle, Fort Kent
Micmac Health Center
Aroostook Band of Micmacs—Presque Isle, ME —Micmac Nation (micmac-nsn.gov)
Direct Office Line: 207-764-1792
Locations: Presque Isle
New Day Counseling
Central Intake: 207-492-1130
Locations: Caribou
Northern Light Health - AR Gould Hospital Family Practice
Locations: Caribou 207-498-3476; Presque Isle 207-764-3142; Fort Fairfield 207-768-4753
Northern Light Home Care & Hospice – Bereavement Support Services
George McLaughlin – Bereavement Coordinator
Direct Office Line: 207-764-9413
Location: Support services available to all of Aroostook County
Presque Isle Office: 207-540-1523
Locations: Caribou, Presque Isle, Mars Hill, Houlton
Central Intake: 1 (866) 321-1999
Locations: Eagle Lake, Caribou
Northern Maine Medical Center – Outpatient Behavioral Health
Central Intake: 207-834-3101
Locations: Fort Kent, Madawaska
Northern Maine Veterans Center
Direct Office Line: 207-496-3900
Locations: Caribou
Locations: Caribou 207-498-2356; Presque Isle 207-769-2025; Van Buren 207-868-2796
Transformations Ministries – Nancy Nichols, LCPC
Direct Office Line: 207-768-3400
Locations: Presque Isle
Direct Office Line: 207-768-0368
Locations: Presque Isle
Direct Office Line: 207-493-5210
Locations: Caribou
TESTIMONIALS
“The House of comfort is a wonderful facility for end-of-life care. My Dad went for a week of respite care, and I can't thank the staff enough for all they do. It really is a "House of Comfort." I felt very much at home when visiting Dad. The atmosphere is of a quiet nature. There are various sitting areas, a fireplace, and a kitchen area. The staff are friendly and there for you and your loved ones anytime, day or night. I love you, Pop. From the bottom of my heart, I say "thank you" to the entire staff at the House of Comfort.”
Becky Hare
“When my father, Danny Albert, was at the House of Comfort, I felt so incredibly thankful that my family and I could be there with him in such a beautiful and supportive environment, during that part of his journey. It’s a bizarre feeling to be suffering and grieving while in a place of peace. The House of Comfort is (surprisingly) exactly that, a place of peace that lifts the weight of tragedy off your shoulders enough so you can breathe and be present, knowing your loved one is being cared for.”
Kelsey Anderson
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