Home & Family

People that have knowledgeable and effective advocates receive better healthcare. This process is foreign to most of us. Kittery residents as well as the author and editor of Helping Our Parents Mike and Jennie will host a two-hour class on the basics of healthcare advocacy. The book will not be used as a text for the classes, but if you read it before the class, you're sure to get more out of both.

Thursday, Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m., 1 session

Course Fee: $15

You may have a “retirement plan” for your money, but do you have one for you? This highly interactive class will cover many of the non-financial aspects of a fulfilling retirement: interesting leisure activities, physical and mental well-being, meaningful creative pursuits, and solid social support. Since discussions are based on the book, How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free by Ernie Zelinksi (widely available online), you are strongly encouraged to buy the book before the first class.

Tuesdays, Oct.  1-29, 6:30-8 p.m., 5 sessions

Course Fee: $42

How would the celebrity estate battles play out in Maine? We'll give you a primer on how the Probate Code in Maine might view the issues in these cases and then we'll discuss how you think it should play out. Like in law school, we'll give you the law, a hypothetical fact pattern (what we know about the celebrity estates) and then we can all debate how the court should rule and why. Get your dander up and wear your tackiest tie. Let's play lawyer!

Thursday, Oct.17, 6-8 p.m., 1 session

Course Fee: $15