Our Older Adults Are Counting On Us
We can’t afford to walk away from our loved ones and their caretakers.
Take action now to care for our older adults.
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There have been roughly 50 nursing home and residential care facility closures or conversions to lower levels of care since 2014.
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Since 2014, there have been 28 nursing home closures, with 15 happening since 2021.
70%
Nearly 70% of older adults are likely going to need long term care services at some point during their lives.
If our elected officials don’t provide a significant new investment in our older adults, more nursing homes and residential care facilities will close.
While the legislature has provided one-time supplemental funding, the escalating rates of closures indicate that this is not working. The chronic underfunding and lack of staff are crippling Maine’s ability to provide long term care services to our aging population.
The declining access to long term care is deeply concerning. Underfunding is sending ripples through Maine — Hancock County has no nursing homes left. Other parts of Maine are soon to follow.
Together, we can solve this problem.
This escalating rate of closures is happening because of low reimbursement rates coupled with record inflation levels and exploding labor costs due to too few qualified direct care workers. The only solution to this problem is to increase MaineCare reimbursement rates to meet today’s price of providing care to our loved ones.
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