County aging agency schedules workshops

PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook Area Agency on Aging announces upcoming workshops:

. “Medicare and You in 2003,” 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Chan Room, Cary Medical Center, Caribou.

The free program sponsored by the Maine Medicare Education Project is open to the public. The workshop discusses Medicare changes in 2003, including coverage, co-payments, premiums and deductibles.

The program also will presented from 1-3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Forest Hill Manor, Fort Kent.

For more information, contact Steve Farnham at 764-3396 or (800) 439-1789.

. Central Aroostook Faith in Action Caregiver Coalition, 3-4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, Presque Isle Career Center, 66 Spruce St., across from the mall.

Aroostook Faith in Action recruits, trains and supports volunteers to help ill or older people remain in their homes.

The organization will offer a Southern Aroostook Faith in Action Caregiver Coalition meeting from 8-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, Houlton Regional Hospital Community Education Center, 20 Hartford St.

For more information, contact Elaine Briggs at 764-3396 or (800) 439-1789.