Full Circle America
Hospitals and Health CareMaine, United States2-10 Employees
Full Circle America operates in the hospitals and health care sector with a focus on elder empowerment and community-based aging. The organization emphasizes helping older individuals maintain independence and stay in their own homes longer, leveraging existing community assets and a mix of peers, volunteers, and paid staff to combat loneliness and isolation. It reconfigures resources from local institutions such as schools, libraries, churches, and community centers to support intergenerational engagement and reconnect elders with family, friends, and dormant interests in a scalable, affordable way. Based in Damariscotta, Maine, the group describes its mission as enabling elders to reclaim control over their lives and to re-engage with their communities on their own terms. The model highlights intergenerational participation and avoidance of segregation, with services aimed at broadening social connections and facilitating access to community networks. The description suggests a grassroots approach within the broader health care landscape, leveraging local assets to support aging in place.