Resources

"Aging is just another word for living"

~ Cindy Joseph

Area Agencies

NHAHA - New Hampshire Alliance For Healthy Aging

Service Link - Aging and Disability Resource Center for Rockingham County

Future In Sight - Formerly NH Association Of The Blind

NHDHHS - NH Dept of Health & Human Services (Adult & Aging Care)

Attorneys For Elder Law

Gamester Law - Attorney Colby Gamester, located in downtown Portsmouth NH

Harman Law Offices - Attorney Terrie Harman, Located in downtown Exeter, NH

Books/Healthcare Guides

Prepared! - A Healthcare Guide For Aging Adults - A must-read book for every adult, written by local author, Cheryl Field, RN with 30+ years of experience, which serves as a step-by-step guide, providing tips, question, lists and access to resources needed in managing healthcare stays. Also available in LARGE print!

Teepa Snow's Caregiver Guide to Dementia - provides practical, compassionate strategies for understanding dementia, improving communication, managing behaviors, and enhancing quality of life using her Positive Approach to Care (PAC) philosophy.

A Caregiver's Guide To Dementia - This book explores the use of activities and other techniques to prevent, reduce and manage the behavioral symptoms of dementia. Separate sections cover daily activities, effective communication, especially difficult behaviors, and explicit strategies to deal with agitation, repetitive questions, acting out, wandering, restlessness, hoarding, resistance to care, incontinence, destructiveness, sexually and socially inappropriate acts at home and in public, aggressiveness, depression, sleep disturbances and home safety.

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Day Programs

Home Health Agencies

Rockingham VNA and Hospice - Serves Rockingham County, a subsidiary of Exeter Hospital

Cornerstone VNA and Hospice - Based out of Rochester, providing home care, palliative care, hospice care, life care- private duty, and community care.

Interim Home Health - Based out of Portsmouth

Amedysis Home Health - Based out of Portsmouth

Non Medical Home Care Companies

Senior Helpers - Based out of Stratham, Serves the seacoast area

Visiting Angels

Home Instead

Programs For Seacoast Seniors

The Seacoast Village Project - a network of older adults working together to improve their odds of being able to grow older in their own homes and communities by getting connected, getting smart and helping each other out.

Rockingham County Nutrition Program - Meals On Wheels

Support Groups

Alzheimer’s Cafe - Schedule & info for the Memory Cafe at the NHSPCA in Stratham! Cafe Events take place the 2nd Thursday of every month from 12:30-2pm

York Hospital Parkinson's Support Group - Meets 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:30 to 2:30pm, Mulvihill or Carroll conference rooms (near cafeteria). Hosted by York Hospital Rehab Department - please get in touch with them with any questions! Care partners, family members and friends of those with Parkinson's are also encouraged to attend.

Head Injury/Brain Injury Patient & Caregiver Support Group - Portsmouth Regional Hospital Neuro Day Rehab Program. Call 603-433-6994.

Transitional Care and Support Services

Oasis Senior Advisors - NH/Maine Local Senior Advisor, Carey Fitzgerald, your trusted partner for senior living and resources.

Seacoast Nurse Advocates - Seacoast Nurse Advocates’ mission is to create a supportive pathway for patients and their loved ones during challenging medical circumstances.  They will advocate, educate and support their clients to the best possible health outcomes.

Cheryl Field - Senior Care Consultant

EveryDay Money Matters - Owned by Dianne McMillen, This service caters to seniors and their families, and individuals with disabilities, to help with money management, organizing bills and finances, bank statements, setting up online bill pay, or just getting checks out the door in time.

Meriatrics - delivering quality social life for older adults and peace of mind for the people who love them! These services offer a singular solution for meeting the social needs of older adults, while also providing alternatives for their busy family members, "sandwiched" caregivers or other loved ones who don't live nearby.

Birch Point Health Care - In home, concierge level, direct primary care provided by a qualified Nurse Practitioner. Serving Newfields, Durham, Stratham, Newmarket, Exeter, Portsmouth, Rye, Newington, Dover and Greenland.

The So-Organized-Sister - Professional Organizing, Downsizing, and Moving Services provided by a conscientious, caring and compassionate individual - Ruth McQuade.

Transportation Assistance

F&R Transportation - a senior citizen car service. F&R helps get you to and from medical appointments and other places you need to get to, all without the worry of when and how you will get home! The difference with them is, they don’t leave for another client, they wait for you! 

Ready Rides - volunteer transportation assistance for elderly and disabled residents of Barrington, Durham, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, Newmarket, Northwood, Nottingham, Strafford and soon Epping, NH.

TASC - "Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens" - Through the dedication of volunteer drivers, TASC provides transportation services to residents of Brentwood, East Kingston, Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, North Hampton, Rye, Seabrook and Stratham.

Trip Link - TripLink is a regional transportation call center, serving 38 towns between Newton and Wakefield, NH. 

Rye Senior Serve - Rye Senior SERVE is a non-profit organization of Rye residents who volunteer to assist Rye’s seniors in a variety of ways.  SERVE’s individual drivers provide transportation for the town’s seniors to necessary medical appointments.  Every Tuesday morning the SERVE van runs a trip to Market Basket Plaza for grocery shopping and errands at Rite-Aid pharmacy, TD Bank and Hallmark Card Shop.   Some seniors also take advantage of the option of breakfast at Hebert’s restaurant.  In addition the SERVE van takes riders on planned outings and monthly luncheons.

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