Rose Lundy

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Rose Lundy is a senior public health reporter for The Maine Monitor, with a focus on Maine’s aging care system. She is passionate about stories that highlight systemic problems affecting the most vulnerable in our community.

Rose was previously a 2022 ProPublica Local Reporting Network fellow and a 2020 Report for America corps member. Before that, she was a reporter for three years at a daily newspaper in southwest Washington state. Her work has been recognized by the New England Newspaper & Press Association, Maine Public Health Association, National Newspaper Association Foundation, Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers and Maine Press Association.

Contact Rose with questions, concerns or story ideas: rose@themainemonitor.org

A Maine nursing home owner has been in the business for nearly 50 years. He wants out.

At least 26 nursing homes in the state have closed in the last decade. A rate reform process is underway that will update payment models and is intended to improve quality of care.

ByRose Lundy

August 25, 2024

A group of Aroostook memory center patients sit in a circle.

As need for dementia specialists grows, one rural clinic takes a hybrid approach

At the Aroostook Memory Center, a dementia specialist meets with staff to review patient files and advise primary care doctors — from 150 miles away.

ByRose Lundy

August 10, 2024

nurses walking down a hallway while pushing a patient in a wheelchair.

Geriatrics workforce grant to focus on Maine’s rural and tribal communities

The nearly $5 million in federal funds will support tribal health centers and a program that connects medical students with rural communities.

ByRose Lundy

August 4, 2024

A grant program offers caregivers something hard to come by: a break

Respite for ME, a two-year pilot program that launched in 2022, offers up to $5,171 to those providing care for a loved one at home.

ByRose Lundy

July 20, 2024

Maine has no testing requirement for medical cannabis. Public health advocates want that to change.

As new legislation regulating marijuana takes effect, the debate about whether and how to mandate testing and potency limits for medical cannabis continues.

ByRose Lundy

July 7, 2024

The interior of a room at an assisted living facility.

Ombudsman ‘not aware’ of the high number of wanderings from assisted living facilities

A recent investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica raises questions for officials, potential for regulatory change.

ByRose Lundy

June 30, 2024

A man uses a walker to get up the walkway to his home's front door.

New report says Maine needs 2,300 additional care workers to meet demand

The Maine Center for Economic Policy found that 23,500 hours of approved home care for older adults are not fulfilled each week.

ByRose Lundy

June 18, 2024