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. She now lives in Portland, Maine.

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

Language(s) Spoken: English

For Mainers on one state plan, few home care coordination options remain

Citing reimbursement shortfalls, two of the three agencies in the state that pair people with in-home nursing care are no longer accepting new clients under the Section 96 MaineCare program.

ByRose Lundy

December 1, 2024

the entrance to the Cape Memory Care facility.

Maine proposes major staffing changes for assisted living and residential care facilities

The proposed regulations come after an 18-month investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found dozens of violations at the state’s largest facilities.

ByRose Lundy

November 24, 2024

a silhouette image of a nursing home resident looking out a window.

Nursing homes grapple with uncertainty over new MaineCare reimbursement rates

The state is planning to implement an updated payment system on Jan. 1. Facilities still don’t have estimates of what their rates will be.

ByRose Lundy

November 2, 2024

A personal care aide interacts with a client that is holding small knitted pumpkins.

New regulations prompt some concerns among personal care agencies

While agencies told The Monitor they generally agree with the need for licensing, some worried certain requirements would be difficult to meet and could push costs up.

ByRose Lundy

October 13, 2024

A locked wooden box stamped with the phrase "Official ballot box property state of Maine"

‘Not in the business of politics’: The local officials making sure Mainers get to vote

Clerks across Maine share their thoughts on election security ahead of November.

ByEmily Bader Rose Lundy Emmett Gartner Adrienne Washington Alexa Foust Stephanie McFeeters

September 14, 2024

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