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Maine’s an aging state. Here’s why nursing homes are still shutting down.

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Seaport Village Healthcare in Ellsworth is the only remaining facility delivering nursing care in Hancock County. Over the past three decades, 51 nursing homes in Maine have closed, forcing residents and their families to search for other places to get round-the-clock care. The pace has accelerated in the past decade, with nearly two dozen nursing homes shutting down, including nine in the last four years. According to industry officials, the biggest challenge is that MaineCare does not cover the full expense.

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Maine’s an aging state. Here’s why nursing homes are still shutting down.

The expected closure of the nursing home at Seaport Village Healthcare in Ellsworth has been tough on Samantha Jones of Blue Hill and her father, Ronald Stanko, who was a resident there. Seaport Village is the only remaining facility delivering nursing care in Hancock County. And while Jones was finally able to move Stanko on Friday to another nursing facility, Narraguagus Bay Health Care in Milbridge, it’s been a “very emotional and very stres…

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Bangor Daily News broke the news in Bangor, United States on Monday, January 29, 2024.
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