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Our guide to researching nursing homes and assisted living facilities
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.
Higher staffing requirements removed from assisted living bill
The initial proposed regulations would have doubled the number of direct care workers at residential care facilities overnight.
Bills aim to keep veterans’ homes solvent, older Mainers in their homes
If proposed cuts to Medicaid are enacted, Maine Veterans' Homes would require an additional $6 million from the state to continue operating.
Potential MaineCare cuts threaten care for children, nursing home residents
"There’s no room to absorb additional costs” in Maine's health care system, according to a health care executive.
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