Behavioral teletherapy for students in rural Maine brings ‘hope to the hallways’
Mental health issues became a crisis in a rural Maine school district during the pandemic. An online counseling program now augments in-person services.
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As residential care homes expand in Maine, seniors don’t always get the care they need
The disappearance of nursing home beds is sending thousands to “nonmedical” residences that aren’t equipped to handle more intensive health needs.
Homeless people ponder next destination as Portland housing crisis intensifies
Asylum seekers needing help have added to a basic problem: Too few beds available for too many hopeful people.
Fort Kent hospital dealing with financial challenges, community concerns
Northern Maine Medical Center is closing its obstetrics unit while looking for ways to cut costs, increase revenue and ease worries in the region.
Portland says “we’re pushed to the brink” by mounting homeless crisis
The city plans to clear a growing tent encampment, leaving people pondering where to go next with no overall solution in sight.
Northern Maine Medical Center to close obstetrics unit
Latest hospital to shutter OB care, amid low birth rate and difficulties in keeping medical workers.
Greater Portland Health employees raise concerns about staffing, management
Leaders at the nonprofit say they are addressing the complaints, which surfaced in letters from workers and a staff “listening session."