Mass shooting turns spotlight on Maine’s sparse gun laws
Mass shootings at a bowling alley and bar that left 18 people dead in Lewiston on Wednesday evening have brought Maine's complicated relationship with guns and how to regulate them to the forefront...
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Maine rarely sanctions residential care facilities even after severe abuse or...
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Four takeaways from a probe into residential care facilities
The Maine Monitor recently published the second part of its investigation with ProPublica into the state’s oversight response to serious incidents of abuse and neglect in Maine’s Level IV residential...
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Maine nursing homes lead nation in meeting the Biden administration’s...
Falling Short: Rebuilding elderly care in rural America Rural nursing homes across the country, already understaffed, face significant new federal staffing requirements. With on-the-ground reporting...
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How we investigated Maine’s assisted living facilities
An anonymous tip from a reader 18 months ago urging The Maine Monitor to look into two resident deaths at a long-term care home sparked our year-long investigation with ProPublica’s Local Reporting...
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Long term care leaders urge more funding to prevent more closures of nursing...
Within the last decade, 23 nursing homes in Maine have closed, prompting long term care advocates, providers and industry leaders Wednesday to urge lawmakers to provide additional funding to prevent...
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Health care advocates prioritize gun violence in new legislative session
Maine health care organizations and advocacy groups predict that gun violence, in the wake of October’s mass shooting in Lewiston, will dominate much of the health-related discussions during the...
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Mills proposes exempting all nonprofits from sales tax
Gov. Janet Mills has proposed extending a sales tax exemption to all nonprofits operating in Maine, which state officials say will address inequities among organizations seeking exemption and simplify...
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Study finds treating self-neglect among older adults can prevent later abuse
A few years ago, Adult Protective Services put Polly Madson Cox in touch with an older woman who was neglecting herself. She lived alone, struggled to meet her basic needs and was on the verge of...
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Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes climbs
Sherri Parker, assistant director of nursing at Caribou Rehab and Nursing, recalled a woman who came to her facility and was so sedated by the prescribed antipsychotic medication she had been taking...
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