A lack of beds and staffing at assisted living facilities and nursing homes creates an unwelcome situation that benefits neither the languishing patients nor the hospitals shouldering their care.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
New program in Augusta allows students to earn wages while they train to become nursing assistants
Officials hope the initiative, a collaboration between the Maine Veterans’ Home and Augusta Adult and Community Education, will help address the state’s shortage of health care workers.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Nursing home services may be consolidated at new, higher-cost facility in Damariscotta
Clippership Landing could help LincolnHealth stem years of financial losses at two existing long-term care sites. But the project comes with trade-offs, too.
Posted inNation & World, News
Failing U.S. nursing homes to face tougher federal penalties
Biden had promised during his State of the Union address to overhaul the nation’s nursing home system but some of those initiatives have yet to be implemented fully.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Maine CDC investigating COVID-19 outbreaks at 26 long-term care facilities in the state
One outbreak is at Woodlands Senior Living of Waterville and involves 27 residents and four staff, according to the Maine CDC.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Put an end to wrongful evictions of older Americans
My mom’s experience shows that state and federal laws requiring 30 days’ notice of nursing home discharges have been allowed to atrophy into irrelevance.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Maine nursing homes fear that a strong flu season would push them over the edge
Health professionals say staffing shortages are the worst they have ever seen, and the risk of influenza outbreaks makes a terrible situation worse.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Diagnosis burnout: Acute staffing shortages weigh on Maine nurses who stay on the job
Many employed at assisted-living and long-term care facilities point to relentless stress, and the toll it takes on those who need their care.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Consumers get online tool to check nursing home vaccination rates
Medicare officials say they are encouraged that even as the delta variant has swept across the country, outbreaks in nursing homes have not raced out of control as happened last year.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rep. Jess Fay: We must support full continuum of care for older Mainers
Until we grasp how older Mainers contribute to our economy and communities, it will be a challenge to make spending on their care a priority.