Rosscare provides and supports continuing healthcare services throughout our region for the frail or elderly in need of less intensive care than that provided by a hospital . To donate contact Healthcare Charities or download our donation form.
Rosscare Lifeline Button Fund
Learn more about Rosscare's Lifeline Button Fund and download a donation form.
Rosscare Services
Lifeline
Personal Emergency Response System
Rosscare’s Lifeline Response System is a help button for those who live alone and want a way to get help in the event a medical emergency or concerns were to occur. Pushing a small button that is worn either around the wrist or as a necklace will activate a call to the Response Center. The Response Center will respond to the client on the speaker system and will contact family, a friend, an ambulance, or police as directed by the client. If no response from the client they will automatically call emergency contacts.
Emergencies are sudden and unpredictable. It can be difficult to get up after tripping, slipping, or falling. Cuts, wounds, and fractures may need medical attention. Some may experience confusion, disorientation, reactions or imbalances resulting from medications. Sudden chest pain or a diabetic reaction would require prompt assistance. Studies have shown Lifeline Response System’s access to care, lowers the risk of side effects, and complications which stems from the delay of receiving immediate medical attention. Worry and stress impacts health. Lifeline Help Buttons take the worry away, by providing peace of mind.
Besides medical attention, some use Lifeline to summons help if they are alarmed about strange or disturbing noises, trespassers intruding or if they are nervous and need someone to talk to. Clients can use Lifeline to call a Veterinarian for a sick pet, or contact their home health provider, doctor, and family members. Clients can answer a ringing phone by simply pressing their button, thus preventing a potential fall.
There are many different brands of Help Buttons. Rosscare is proud to have chosen Lifeline: with a 30 year history of excellence, and many awards from independent researchers. Lifeline is user friendly, comfortable and has a professional Monitoring Staff.
To learn more information about Lifeline please view our brochure.
For more information, please contact Cynthia Smith at (207) 973-7080.
Telecare
A Daily Telephone Reassurance ProgramTelecare is a special program that provides daily telephone contact for people of all ages who live alone. There is no charge for this service. Participants speak with a specially trained volunteer on the phone each morning, who will greet the caller and ask how he or she is doing. Volunteers follow special protocols if unable to reach participants, ensuring participants' safety. Donations from the community encouraged to help defray the costs of the program, and volunteers are always welcome. For more information about the program, please contact Sara Boyle at (207) 973-7094. You may also download the Telecare Application.
Center for Healthy Aging
An in-home health service promoting health and wellness of seniors and their caregivers
The Center for Healthy Aging (CHA) is an outpatient memory evaluation and geriatric assessment clinic. Services are provided for any individual experiencing difficulty living at home due to memory loss or other health problems. CHA staff provides clinical care and education/resource information to seniors and their caregivers to assist seniors to continue to live at home. Services include memory evaluation, primary health care (in collaboration with the patient's primary care physician), geriatric assessment for seniors with multiple chronic health conditions, care management services, community resource referral information, chronic disease education, and a monthly caregiver support group. For more information, please contact Sara Boyle at (207) 973-7094. Please view the Employed Caregiver's Survival Guide. You may also download a referral form.
Senior Health Information Line
The Senior Health Information Line is a free service sponsored by Rosscare. It is a resource for seniors having questions about health information, hospital/community health programs and support groups. Many questions can be answered over the phone, so please contact Sara Boyle at (207) 973-7094. We also offer brochures on our services, sister agencies, government publications, and information on area nonprofit groups (Meals for ME, Project Ride and the Bangor Senior Center). You may also view further senior information.
Residential Care Facility
Sylvia Ross Home
44 Ohio Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Sylvia Ross Home offers assisted living with personalized, caring service in a homelike setting. The Sylvia Ross Home in Bangor is a 13-bed licensed retirement residence which offers the individual or couple a homelike option in long term housing. The facility is a coed, private home that provides its residents with an opportunity for self-reliance and gracious living combined with companionship and freedom from the burdens and hazards of living alone.
The Sylvia Ross Home philosophy is designed to promote quality of life and independence. Residents are encouraged to pursue their own interests, including hobbies, social organizations and outside activities. However, residents also have many opportunities to meet and spend time with fellow residents. Ross Home offers meals, transportation services, assistance with daily living activities, nursing services as needed, housekeeping and laundry. For more information or to schedule a tour of the Sylvia Ross Home, please call administrator Marcia Young at (207) 942-3020.
Retirement Living
Dirigo Pines
Nursing Facilities
In partnership with First Atlantic Corporation, Rosscare owns and operates Ross Manor and Stillwater Health Care in Bangor; Colonial Health Care in Lincoln, and Dexter Health Care in Dexter.
Ross Manor
758 Broadway
Bangor, ME 04401
Ross Manor in Bangor specializes in sub-acute care, physical rehab, long term care, and residential care. We have an experienced professional physical rehabilitation team which includes rehabilitation nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, activity therapists, a licensed dietitian, and licensed social workers. The staff at Ross Manor are available and willing to evaluate and admit patients seven days a week. Other services include a wound management program, IV therapy, medical nutrition therapy by a licensed dietitian, ventilator care management, and dialysis. For more information, please call Administrator, Garth Berenyi at (207) 941-8400.
Stillwater Health Care
335 Stillwater Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
Stillwater Health Care's long standing reputation for quality care, gracious service and friendly environment help to meet the recovery needs of each patient. Stillwater Health Care’s experienced professional physical rehabilitation team: includes rehabilitation nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, activity professional, licensed dietitian, and licensed social-worker. Our fully equipped therapy space helps our therapists ensure consistent progress toward a patient’s rehabilitation goals.
Comprehensive discharge planning by our interdisciplinary team guides our team's efforts toward a speedy return home, when appropriate. We offer predischarge home visits by therapists as needed.
Our Professional Staff are available and willing to admit patients 7 days a week. An IV certified nursing staff manages peripheral and central lines to assist each patient to recover in a comforting environment. Wound Management is designed to aggressively treat surgical and pressure wounds using a multidisciplinary team and state of the art medical technology. Our accessible transportation service ensures all residents a ride to and from the hospital for oncology, dialysis, and other routine medical visits. These are all reasons why Stillwater Health Care should be your choice for short term rehabilitation and skilled nursing care.
For more information, please call administrator Kristi Thibodeau at (207) 947-1111.
Colonial Health Care
PO Box 70
Workman Terrace
Lincoln, ME 04457
Colonial Health Care located in Lincoln, Maine, has served the communities of Penobscot County for over 30 years. We offer a clinically directed, progressive rehabilitation program providing skilled nursing, speech-language, occupational and physical therapy all designed to restore a patients function and independence in as little time as possible.
We offer a holistic approach in managing the medical, emotional and physical needs of every patient and resident. Our Wound Care Program and licensed nursing staff are I.V. certified. Our Quality Improvement Program ensures quality care, gracious and compassionate service to all our patients and residents.
Colonial Healthcare offers the following services; an 80- bed facility, skilled nursing care, long-term care, Alzheimer/Dementia care, respite care, inpatient as well as outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy, activities and professional care all in a peaceful home-like setting.
From interstate 95 Northbound, take Exit 227. Turn right and continue to the blinking red light at Rte 2. Go straight through the intersection to the end of the road. Penobscot Valley Hospital will be in front of you. Turn left onto the Enfield Road. Travel to the sixth street on the right (Hale Street). Turn right onto Hale Street and take the first left (Edwards Street), then the second right (Workman Terrace). You’ll find Colonial Health care at the end of the street. For more information, please call administrator Jenn Brown at (207) 794 - 6534.
Dexter Health Care
64 Park Street
Dexter, ME 04930
Dexter Nursing Home located in Dexter, Maine, provides patients and residents a comfortable, safe environment in a home like setting. Our team of qualified professionals provided 24 hour skilled nursing care and rehabilitative therapy with personalized attention to each resident. Patients have the opportunity to experience planned daily activities geared to their interests and abilities. Dexter Healthcare offers both private and semiprivate rooms; delicious home cooked meals and has modern fire suppression alarm systems to ensure the safety of our residents.
Dexter Healthcare invites you to visit our facility when faced with the decision of choosing long-term care or post-operative rehabilitation. Our number one goal is to personally care and professionally serve each of our patients and residents.
For more information, please call administrator Becky Greaves at (207) 924-5516.
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