Athens House sits quietly in a rural area about 13 miles from Skowhegan, Maine, and offers care for adults and seniors needing support with daily life, memory care, mental health, and substance abuse. The farmhouse, built in 1900, has a calm feeling with a wooden porch, a patio, wood burning stoves, and a fireplace, and covers about 1,000 square feet of living space above ground, with three bedrooms, a living room, a first-floor laundry, and a full bathroom. The house comes with typical appliances like a washer, dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator, and gas range, and there's a sauna room for extra comfort, and storage in the unfinished dirt-floor basement with both a sump pump and indoor entry. On the outside, you'll find a 10-acre property with rolling fields, woods, parking for up to four cars in the gravel drive, a barn, chicken coop, greenhouse, garden, walking paths, plus about 75 feet of brook frontage along Bog Brook for peaceful views or fresh air, which some folks like a lot because it adds a little something to the quiet days. High-speed internet's available, water's from a drilled well, and there's a new gas water heater so you get the modern basics along with the rural setting.
Folks can get different levels of help here, like assisted living, independent living, memory care for dementia, and full nursing home support, with staff for needs like medication management, bathing, dressing, incontinence, transfers, Parkinson's care, and even physical activity therapy or massage if a resident wants that. Home care services are available for people who want a bit of extra help without moving. Athens House includes a small, three-bed community, studio and one-bedroom living choices, and offers meals three times a day with help from an on-site dietitian, plus options for special diets like diabetes or allergies, and there's both all-day dining and a private room for eating with family if you want. Staff provide 24/7 supervision, call systems in every room, emergency alerts, housekeeping and laundry, scheduled bathroom reminders, and a phone in every room for peace of mind, and there's regular move-in support, transport, case management, and activities to keep people busy and comfortable in both mind and body.
Mental health treatment is a core part of Athens House's services, so people with serious mental illness, PTSD, and addiction issues can get help through primary treatment and therapy, inpatient or outpatient care, psychosocial rehab, and supervised detox for alcohol, opioids, or benzodiazepines, plus medication-assisted treatment if needed, and a sliding fee scale helps those paying with private funds, state mental health money, Medicaid, Medicare, or VA support. Athens House also runs activity groups, movie nights, gardening, and has a library, games room, a small theater, large screen TVs, hair salon, and a community room for social time. There's a designated smoking area outside, non-ambulatory care, and memory-friendly menus for folks who need them, all in a calm, country setting, surrounded by tall trees, a stream, open farm space, and a neighborhood that feels peaceful but isn't too far from local stores when you need them.
