nursing homes

Published
April 22, 2020

Virus fears bring isolation, added health problems to long-term care residents

With several Maine nursing homes and assisted-living facilities struggling to contain outbreaks, isolation and inactivity threaten residents and leave their families with no easy options.
Published
March 26, 2020

Maine CDC gives top testing priority to long-term care residents

Gov. Janet Mills also offers 'extraordinary' MaineCare funding to help nursing facilities meet the costs of the coronavirus threat.
Published
March 26, 2020

Leading doctor decries lack of testing at Maine’s long-term care facilities

Dr. Jabbar Fazeli warns that Maine hospitals could be flooded with stricken seniors if nursing homes aren't able to test more widely and get faster results.
Published
March 17, 2020

Maine’s long-term care facilities stay on alert as virus spreads

Nursing homes and assisted-living facilities take steps to curb the spread of coronavirus, while a resident of OceanView at Falmouth remained at Maine Medical Center on Tuesday.
Published
February 20, 2020

Lawmakers want to put $8.5 million toward addressing ‘crisis’ in Maine home-care industry

The proposal comes weeks after a large home-care provider for elderly and disabled people announced it will close in April, in part because of low reimbursement rates for workers.
Published
December 15, 2019

Regulators focus on Lewiston’s Marshwood nursing home as problems mount

Five Maine nursing homes are on a federal list of problem facilities. Four, including Marshwood Center, are owned by the same national company.
Published
December 9, 2019

Mills releases bill to boost funds to Maine nursing homes

The governor had held the bill to boost pay of frontline workers over concerns that it might jeopardize federal Medicaid funding.
Published
July 12, 2019

Our View: Mills right to take time with nursing home funding

Elder care facilities need help, but there's no reason to put future funding in doubt.
Published
July 8, 2019

Republican lawmakers and Mills spar over nursing home funding

The legislators criticize the governor for delaying action on a funding bill, but the Democrat says it would have set reimbursement rates too high to qualify for federal matching funds.
Published
May 30, 2019

Our View: Crisis coming on elder care finance

The current generation of retirees can't get by on their retirement benefits, and the generations behind them are in worse shape.