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Southern Maine Agency on Aging Resources & Support Department

Website: https://www.smaaa.org/resources/answers.html
Location: Scarborough,
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Description: Resource Specialists provide resource and assistance to seniors, adults with disabilities and caregivers who need help and support. On-going assistance with finding housing, applying for income maintenance and for entitlement programs and linkage to helpful social service programs. The Mission of SMAAA is to improve the physical, social, emotional and economic well-being of older adults in southern Maine. Learning opportunities include: advocacy, community organizing, community education, and case documentation.
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St. Andre Health Care

Website: https://www.standre.org/
Location: Biddeford,
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Description: Where comprehensive care is delivered with empathy, excellence and wholehearted compassion. By combining today’s most innovative practices and therapies with an old-fashioned belief in putting people’s feelings and dignity first, our 96-bed facility has long been a trusted provider for Maine families seeking care, including: rehabilitation and skilled medical care; short-term respite care; long-term nursing care; Alzheimer’s and dementia care; and palliative and hospice care.

At St. André Health Care, you’ll find a genuinely welcoming and experienced staff that is highly focused on providing exceptional care for our patients, residents and their family members. All of our residents and patients enjoy tailored care plans designed to guide them to their optimum outcomes. Our CARF accredited programs and services give you the assurance that we meet the latest performance standards, thereby surpassing traditional healthcare standards.
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St. Andrews Village

Website: http://www.standrewsvillage.com/
Location: Boothbay Harbor,
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Description: The Social Services Department at St. Andrews Village is responsible for a wide range of tasks in a variety of treatment and intervention modalities. Students will integrate completely with the organizational care team at this multi-level care facility, including skilled nursing and rehabilitative care, Long-term nursing care, and memory care units.
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Suncoast Hospice

Website: https://suncoasthospice.org/
Location: Palm Harbor,
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Description: Violence Prevention
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Sunrise Services

Website: https://sunriseservicesinc.com/community-behavioral-health-mount-vernon/
Location: Mount Vernon,
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Description: We serve those who are elderly, have developmental disabilities, have mental challenges, have physical challenges, who need help to manage employment and money, and those who need help to stay in their own homes.
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The Alzheimer’s Association

Website: https://www.alz.org/maine/about_us
Location: Scarborough,
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Description: The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. The role of the MSW Student Intern with a Diversity and Inclusion focus will be to assist Alzheimer’s Association staff and volunteers in meeting the needs of diverse and underserved populations here in Maine.
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The Cedars

Website: https://www.thecedarsportland.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: The Cedars has a SNF with a short stay very active rehabilitation program. Also, a community-based telehealth program with wrap around social services program.

Required skills: A good problem solver and communicator, compassionate, likes to work with older adults.

Can accommodate Generalist first year and Specialization 2nd year opportunities with a Traditional placement, does not accommodate a Block placement.
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The Healthy Foundations Center

Website: http://thehealthyfoundations.center/
Location: Las Vegas,
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Description: "We are dedicated to addressing the mental, spiritual, and physical well-being of persons of all ages; children, teens, adults, and the elderly."
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