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

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…