Consultants for Community Resources

25/05/2024

The next morning.

14/05/2024

Great times at The Cedars, a CCR client https://www.facebook.com/TheCedarsPortland

A non-profit retirement community in Portland, Maine, offers the full continuum of senior living options.

04/01/2024

The Cedars will be resuming our monthly Dementia Support Group on Tuesday, January 9th at 6:00pm facilitated by Susan Raychard, MOTR/L, CDP.

The support group is open to the public and will be held at The Atrium at The Cedars located at 640 Ocean Ave., in Portland from 6:00pm - 7:30pm in the meeting room. Susan previously managed Mindful Connections, our dementia outpatient program.

This month's topic will be Sensory Changes and Dementia.

For more information and to RSVP please contact Susan at [email protected]

25/12/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/what-you-dont-know-about-assisted-living-in-america/

Patients with memory problems walk away from assisted-living facilities just about every day in America; many die. The Post examines a pattern of neglect in America’s booming assisted-living industry.

21/12/2023

Happy Holidays!

20/12/2023

Gerontologists Go To Cuba! Shared World is building a trip to Cuba from April 21 to April 28, 2024. Watch this space for more information! Or check the Shared World Facebook site at

20/12/2023

Collective reflections and anticipations of emerging scholars in the field of aging.

20/12/2023

Don't miss 'Talking Aging Tuesday: A Conversation Confronting Structural Ageism' tomorrow! You can catch the livestream at 3 PM Eastern (12 PM Pacific) on YouTube, Facebook and X.

20/12/2023

2023 has been a profound year for direct care workers, and PHI continues to lead the way in improving these jobs nationwide. Join us in looking back at PHI’s 23 most memorable achievements from the past year: https://ow.ly/3mKf50QfYNe

20/12/2023

20/12/2023

Older adults are the fastest growing portion of the unhoused population in the US.

Older adults are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population in the U.S.

19/12/2023

Happy Birthday Judy 💜 May her memory be a blessing today and every day!

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19/12/2023

19/12/2023

What's your take?

Health systems have been increasingly dropping MA contracts, saying that they cause their organizations to lose too much money and result in dangerous patient care delays. To mitigate this issue, experts think large MA plans need to delegate more utilization management duties to health systems rathe...

19/12/2023

The County recently hosted one of its most popular events for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren called Gramping. Not only was it exciting, it was also in tents.

19/12/2023

People living with dementia are more likely to choose aging in place over an assisted living or a continuing care retirement community, according to a new study.

19/12/2023

"As a science writer, I have written about many topics throughout my career. None have affected me more than long Covid. None have more profoundly changed my view about what journalism can achieve and how it can do so.

The patient-centric approach is sometimes dismissed as advocacy, which is positioned as antithetical to journalism. In fact, it’s simply good journalistic practice to give weight to the most knowledgeable sources."

Read more from the NYT on Long Covid reporting and the importance of patient led advocacy here: https://bit.ly/3tcKWa7



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19/12/2023

The idea of dying from a “broken heart” may seem like a romantic sentiment, but there's an official name for this very real phenomenon. It's called the widowhood effect. Losing your spouse can be devastating—but there’s hope after loss. Learn about positive steps you can take to cope with yo...

19/12/2023

The new study of resistance exercise and the elderly found that even people in their 80s and 90s — who had never lifted weights before — showed significant gains

19/12/2023

LeadingAge Reax: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Announces $40 Million Funding for Service Coordination Programs in Affordable Housing for Low-Income Older Adults. Read full statement here: https://ldng.ag/47YZNnE

30/10/2023

About Wes Bonney.

Among the wonderful people CCR has had the honor to work with these six years is Weston (Wes) Bonney. To our great sadness, Wes passed on Saturday, October 27. Wes was the honorary chair of The Cedars Capital Campaign. But he was much more than that. He was a friend, a mentor, and an inspiration. Just two weeks ago, on October 12, Wes was honored by The Cedars with the Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt Humanitarian Award. You can read more about Wes here https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/portland-me/weston-bonney-11514513 We will truly miss Wes and are grateful to have had him in our lives. May his memory be a blessing to everyone who knows and loves him.

Celebrate the life of Weston Bonney, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home.

19/10/2023

Beautiful!

17/10/2023

We love this fall aerial view of our wonderful community nestled close to the ocean and just minutes to the peninsula. From fabulous dining, to cultural events and outings to the theatre, Portland is not only our home, it's a lifestyle.

28/09/2023

On the night of September 16, this page was attacked by a spammer. He also tried to subvert CCR’s voice message system but failed to gain entry.

We are not certain why, but believe it may have been political. We believe we know his identity. He, we know it is a man, is located outside the US. We had had no prior dealings with him.

He left several inappropriate messages on this page, which have been deleted. Recently we also discovered, that he left multiple single star ratings, using his several identities, in order to damage CCR’s reputation. Again, we don’t precisely know why.

He, and his several identities, have been blocked, and his posts/reviews deleted. We are not sure how to eliminate the single star ratings.

CCR is proud of, and stands by, its work helping to build community, and making life better for, and with, older adults, their families, and friends, young and old.

Thank you for your support, and all that you do.

Please message us privately if you have any concerns.

04/08/2023

18/07/2023

This great gathering with a great organization!

Generations United's 22nd Global Intergenerational Conference is less than two weeks away! Registered attendees, check out our Schedule of Events: https://buff.ly/44uJQDM and Conference Snapshot: https://buff.ly/3K1DqUz to get started on planning how you will spend your time and make the most of your conference experience!

18/07/2023

Generations United's 22nd Global Intergenerational Conference is less than two weeks away! Registered attendees, check out our Schedule of Events: https://buff.ly/44uJQDM and Conference Snapshot: https://buff.ly/3K1DqUz to get started on planning how you will spend your time and make the most of your conference experience!

18/07/2023

Meet another CCR client, The Cedars. "Maine and Northern New England's most comprehensive, non-profit community for older adults." Founded in 1929 as the Jewish Home. The Cedars has an unprecedented "history of innovation."

An award-winning retirement community in Portland, Maine, offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care; Senior living options for every potential stage of your life.