Northern Light Home Care & Hospice

10/20/2025

Have you recently lost a loved one? The holiday season can trigger our grief and magnify the feelings of loss and sadness.

Join us to learn healthy ways to grieve well this season. The free seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 5 from 6-7 pm at Northern Light AR Gould in Presque Isle.

RSVP by Monday, November 3, or to learn more, please contact George McLaughlin, bereavement coordinator and presenter, at 207.498.9039 or gmclaughlin@northernlight.org.

10/16/2025

Flowers are sunshine to the soul! Tidewater Farm gives these beautiful arrangements from August through October to our patients. One of our nurses donates her time to pick up the flowers and brings them to the South Portland office each week. Clinicians and volunteers then bring these gorgeous bouquets to homebound patients - bringing smiles to our patients and their families and lifting their spirits.

It takes coming together for communities to bloom, and we appreciate and thank Tidewater Farm for their generosity!

10/15/2025

Congratulations to Michele Stevens, BSN, RN, as our August Northern Light Home Care & Hospice Heart of the Mission awardee! Michele is a Provider Relations Hospital Liaison for Home Care & Hospice who works out of Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

Michele is a passionate advocate for her patients who need hospice or home health services, often times working additional evening hours and around patient/family work schedules.

Thank you, Michele, for your unwavering dedication to our patients and exemplifying the Heart of our Mission!

Patricia Frith, DO, hospice physician, presented the award to Michele (pictured on left).

10/15/2025

Northern Light Home Care & Hospice invites you to a virtual hiring event for RNs, CNAs, and Physical Therapists. Interview from the comfort of your home, a library, or local coffee shop – anywhere that has a good Wi-Fi connection!

**Sign-On bonuses for full & part-time schedules available for most positions! **

Join us Tuesday, October 28
9:30 am - 4 pm

We have opportunities available in:
• Aroostook County with Offices in Presque Isle & Houlton
• Cumberland\York Counties with Office in So. Portland
• Hancock County with Office in Ellsworth
• Penobscot County with Office in Bangor
• Waterville

Register Now: https://bit.ly/HCHEvent

Interested in Home Care & Hospice but not sure it's right for you? Take a look at what a 'day in the life' of a HCH employee looks like!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t45sAcRNzM8

10/10/2025

Have you had your screening mammogram? Jenna Jordan, RN, BSN, COS-C, our Telehealth home health clinical manager, shares about her first-time experience using our mobile mammogram unit, which saved her time and was an easy process.

Schedule your screening mammogram today at https://ow.ly/fSQL50X9Kjs. Or you can schedule with our convenient mobile mammogram unit. View the full schedule at https://ow.ly/OXJZ50X9Kjq.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

10/09/2025

We are excited to be at the 🚚🛑Maine Department of Transportation’s Aroostook Regional Health Fair🩺 in Caribou today sharing with DOT staff about our hospice and home care services. Did you know we care for, on average, between 1,300 to 1,400 patients in their homes every day across Maine?

Check out all the care services we provide:

🏡 Home Care Services
o Wound Care, including complex wound care
o Nursing Care
o Post Surgical Total Joint Rehabilitation
o IV Antibiotics & other medications
o After Surgery Care
o Social Work
o Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
o Coordinated care from a hospital or rehab facility to home
o Plus more

💜 Hospice Care Services
o Focused on maintaining quality of life and dignity
o Comfort at home
o Skilled nursing
o Pain and symptom management
o Bereavement and grief support groups

💻 Remote Patient Monitoring by highly skilled, experienced nurses
o For patients who have congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
o Reduces readmissions to the hospital

📢 LiveSafe Emergency Response Service

Learn more about all of our services at www.northernlighthealth.org/HomeCare-Hospice or call 1.800.757.3326. Experience the difference we can make for you and your family with care provided in your home.

10/06/2025

Our Waterville Home Care and Hospice team has and continues to proudly serve the Waterville and surrounding communities for many years.

Our highly skilled, compassionate, and experienced team offers expertise in managing complex patient needs and work with your current care team to provide a coordinated continuum of care.

Our team across Maine consists of nurses, providers, physicians, rehabilitation therapists (speech, occupational, physical), social workers, and home health aides.

SERVICES OFFERED:

✅ Home Care
o Wound Care, including complex wound care
o Nursing
o IV Antibiotics & other medications
o Post Surgical Total Joint Rehabilitation
o After surgery care
o Social Work
o Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
o Coordinated care from a hospital or rehab facility to home
o Plus more

✅ Hospice Care
o Focused on maintaining quality of life and dignity
o Comfort at home
o Skilled nursing
o Pain and symptom management
o Bereavement and grief support groups

✅ Remote Patient Monitoring for patients who have congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

✅ LiveSafe Emergency Response Service

Learn more about all of our services at www.northernlighthealth.org/HomeCare-Hospice or call 1.800.757.3326. Experience the difference we can make for you and your family.

10/04/2025

It was great to connect with community members at the Maine Senior Guide’s Southern Maine Successfully Aging Expo in Freeport this past week to share our home care and hospice services we provide across Maine! Thank you for stopping by our booth and saying hello!

Our highly skilled, compassionate, and experienced team offers expertise in managing complex patient needs and work with your current care team to provide a coordinated continuum of care. Our team consists of nurses, providers, physicians, rehabilitation therapists (speech, occupational, physical), social workers, and home health aides.

Services offered:

🏡 Home Care
o Wound Care, including complex wound care
o Nursing
o Post Surgical Total Joint Rehabilitation
o IV Antibiotics & other medications
o After surgery care
o Social Work
o Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
o Coordinated care from a hospital or rehab facility to home
o Plus more

💜 Hospice Care
o Focused on maintaining quality of life and dignity
o Comfort at home
o Skilled nursing
o Pain and symptom management
o Bereavement and grief support groups

💻 Remote Patient Monitoring for patients who have congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

📢 LiveSafe Emergency Response Service

Learn more about all of our services at www.northernlighthealth.org/HomeCare-Hospice or call 1.800.757.3326. Experience the difference we can make for you and your family.

10/02/2025

Congratulations to Lisa Harvey-McPherson, RN, MBA, MPPM, vice president of Government Relations for Northern Light Health, who was honored today with the 2025 Northern Light Home Care and Hospice Hilton Leader Award.

“The award was based on leadership and advocacy in the home care space – nobody does that better than Lisa,” shared Suzanne Moreshead, RN, MBA, CHFP, FACHE, president of Northern Light Home Care and Hospice and senior vice president of Northern Light Health, Continuing Care.

The award was presented by Colleen Hilton, former president of Northern Light Home Care and Hospice, and who the award is named after. “Lisa’s tireless advocacy in both Washington and Augusta has not only benefitted the patients served by Northern Light Health but also by other agencies across Maine. Maine seniors have better access to home care and hospice due to Lisa’s leadership,” said Colleen.

Lisa was also recognized by a letter from Senator Susan Collins read at the reception by Halsey Frank, State Representative and Senior Counsel for Senator Collins.

A long-time Northern Light Health employee since 1998, Lisa is dedicated to home care and hospice advocacy and to improving care for patients and families across Maine. Early in her nursing career, she served as a home care and hospice nurse. Since that time, she has served in key leadership roles at the state and national level, including board chair of the Home Care and Hospice Alliance of Maine and the Maine Hospice Counsel, and as a regional board member for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.

In her current role at Northern Light Health, Lisa leads government relations and advocacy efforts at the Maine Legislature and with Maine’s Congressional delegation, working to advance policies that support compassionate, high-quality care. Always with Maine people at the heart of her mission, Lisa’s work has been recognized by OMNL Organization of Maine Nursing Leaders, the Home Care and Hospice Alliance, and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.

“I have carried all my patients in my heart, which is why I am so passionate about advocacy at the state and national level to ensure health care access, especially home care and hospice, to all our patients in Maine,” explained Lisa.

We applaud Lisa on this well-deserved honor!

09/27/2025

It’s Fall Prevention Week. Being aware of your surroundings is very important to reduce your fall risk.

Here’s an example of what NOT to do: Looking at your cell phone while carrying several items down a flight of stairs will increase your risk of a fall.

"As we age, we’re at an increased risk for injury because we are more likely to have health conditions or changes to our health that can affect our risk for falling or being seriously injured from a fall," explains Nancy Cormier, OTR/L, BCG, CEAS I, occupational therapist with Northern Light Home Care and Hospice. "When talking about fall prevention, we recommend looking at multiple areas of your life and health that can affect your risk for falls"

Check out these tips to reduce your fall risk at https://ow.ly/Hw3Z50X3el8.

09/26/2025

Why choose our 4 -star rated* hospice care program focused on maintaining your quality of life and your dignity while providing comfort and emotional support, including pain and symptom management, through end-of-life care at your home?

✔️30+ years of hospice expertise

✔️Compassionate end-of-life care in your home - We work with you or your loved one to keep you or your loved one in your/their home through the end of life. We help you live as fully and comfortably as possible. Many of our patients' families tell us they wished they had started hospice care sooner, to spend more time living rather than managing uncomfortable medical care.

✔️ We promote dignity and independence to the greatest extent possible.

✔️ Skilled nurses supported by our team of advanced practice providers, physicians, social workers, therapy services, chaplain and spiritual care coordinators, Alzheimer's/Dementia Care specialists, volunteers, and bereavement coordinators

✔️Pain and symptom management

✔️ Bereavement support for patient and family

Call to let us help you with end-of-life care that focuses on what matters most. We are here to help you.

1.800.757.3326

Learn more about our hospice services at https://ow.ly/Nmy650X2SKx.

*We received a four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

09/19/2025

What a great turnout for the Walk for Hospice this past Saturday! Thank you to all our team members who participated to help raise funds for the Aroostook House of Comfort; more than $68,000 was raised!

Our team shared information about our hospice services as well as our home care services. We are proud of the care we provide at the Aroostook House of Comfort, helping to guide families through the hospice journey and after with bereavement resources.

Learn more at www.northernlighthealth.org/Homecare-Hospice.