Transitioning an older loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is difficult, especially when you’re trying to figure out whether a facility will be safe and meet their needs.
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Maine’s long-term care facilities struggle amid labor shortage
The shortage affects nursing home and assisted-living jobs of all kinds, from nurses and personal care assistants, to food service workers and maintenance staff.
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Ombudsman ‘not aware’ of the high number of wanderings from Maine assisted living facilities
There is no requirement to notify the office of Maine’s long-term care ombudsmen when residents wander from residential care – something that happened at least 115 times from 2020 to 2022.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Remember ME photo exhibit honors the contributions of residents in Maine’s assisted living facilities
Russell ‘Rusty’ Christensen spent his early retirement years in Farmington, Holman Ferguson was from Rangeley and Leo Gallant was born in Wilton.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
New federal staffing mandates pose challenges for Maine nursing homes
Critics say the minimum staffing levels are unrealistic and an unfunded mandate that will further burden the state’s nursing homes, many of which are at risk of closing or downsizing because of worker shortages.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
The pandemic exposed staff shortages at nursing homes. The White House aims for a remedy
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes increases
After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents has ticked back up in recent years.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine residential care facilities rarely sanctioned, despite cases of abuse, neglect
The state cited dozens of incidents between 2020 and 2022, but only one resulted in a fine, an investigation found.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, Nation / World, News
With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals
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.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Homemakers helping the community
Franklin County Extension Homemakers of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension program are looking to the future as they get ready to find their next community project while reflecting on their community project from the previous year.