DALLAS: Maine, with the oldest population of all the 50 states, is home to dozens of assisted living centers and residential nursing institutions. Now, thanks to a major gift from a Waterville couple, one of the state’s largest and oldest senior care facilities promises to bring a more welcoming and homelike approach to institutional elder care in Maine.
Founded in 1929 in Portland as the Jewish Home for the Aged, The Cedars is a nonprofit organization that provides independent-living apartments, assisted living, skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation services on an 11-acre campus on Ocean Avenue. It’s funded through a mix of Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care insurance and private payment. About 200 seniors of all faith backgrounds, both couples and individuals, call the campus home.