Skowhegan, Maine Print
Joined the AARP Age-Friendly Network:
12/15/2017
Lead Agency: Tri-State Learning Collaborative
Coalition
Action Plan Download
Age-Friendly Coastal Communities (AFCC) developed its action plan by evaluating the assets and challenges for older people in their communities. The plan covers the Blue Hill Peninsula (Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, Sedgwick, and Surry), Deer Isle, and Stonington. The priorities highlighted in the action plan inform the planning, fundraising, and collaborative efforts of organizational AFCC partners, Healthy Peninsula (as the coordinating agency), and the AFCC Coordinating Council. The regional initiative focuses on improving access and information related to medical and social service resources, building programs that decrease social isolation and improve social engagement, establishing a range of home repair services that helps residents age in place, increasing communication on age-friendly activities throughout the region, and sharing information and resources on existing regional transportation options.
Action Plan Highlights
Health and Community Services
Expand on regional community paramedicine by incorporating multiple emergency services providers, the local critical access hospital and the town community health outreach project, providing resource referral, orientation, and advocacy support.Housing
Develop a program with local civic and volunteer organizations to establish a list of trusted contractors, along with a directory of available loans and grants for home modifications, repair, and improvement.Outdoor Spaces
Collaborate with local government to rehabilitate the town playground to create a multi-generational playspace and an age-friendly hiking trail.
