Rose Lundy

108 posts

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

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

Pauline Kane and Ann Marie Kane pose for a photo.

Mainers unable to find caregivers for all authorized home care hours

One care coordination agency had more than 750 people approved for home care who had no help at all, with demand expected to grow.

ByRose Lundy

June 15, 2024

Three takeaways from The Monitor’s investigation into elopements

Maine’s health department rarely issues sanctions when residents wander away from their care facilities, a joint Maine Monitor and ProPublica investigation found.

ByRose Lundy

June 6, 2024

A photo of the Frankfort facility with portions of a incident report overlayed on the photo. The overlayed text reads "neighbor that lived across from the facility found resident number one standing and walking in the road alone, helped the resident back to the facility" and also reads "staff did not know the resident was missing."

Maine’s health department rarely investigates when residents wander away from their care facilities

Elopement — when a resident wanders out of a care home — is a real risk, particularly for people with dementia. But in the vast majority of cases in the state, the facilities are never inspected and rarely sanctioned.

ByRose Lundy

May 26, 2024

New federal rules will require nursing homes to increase staffing

A Monitor analysis found that Maine’s nursing homes are closer to meeting these requirements than most states — but challenges remain.

ByRose Lundy

April 28, 2024