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As more seniors age at home during pandemic, health care aides are in growing demand By Nancy Shohet West Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 3:42 p.m. Email to a Friend Last March, Stephanie Chiha started worrying about her 92-year-old mother. Previously, Chiha had believed that the residential retirement community she had chosen was the best place for her mother’s senior years. But the sudden restrictions on visiting as COVID-19 descended on Massachusetts alarmed her. “I knew she could not stand the isolation, physically or mentally,” said Chiha, an educator from A...

WILMINGTON — The main items for consideration at the Board of Sel­ectmen’s meeting on Mon­day night pertained to a new recovery coach, parcel 13A at Cross Street and Main Street, and Chas Fiore’s spectacular Christ­mas lights. Wilmington Health and Recovery Coordinator Sa­mantha Reif introduced Recovery Coach Erin McCauley who’s joining her and working across towns to facilitate weekly recovery meetings and providing tools and resources to anyone struggling with substance abuse. Reif also mentioned that the funding for the position was secured after a two-year ...