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A Deer Isle nursing home is requiring employees to not disparage the home if they want reten stanley spain tion bonuses ahead of a planned late-October closure and rejected strategies from the state on ways to stay open.The Island Nursing Home was the first of three facilitiesto announce they would be closing by the end of October after the COVID-19 pandemic put additional strain on a workforce that has long struggled with low wages and staff retention. The abrupt closing rocked and upset a remote communityreliant on it as one of just three remaining nursing homes in Hancock County.The facility has been qui nike air force et since it announced its closing on Aug. 30, roughly two months before its expected closure. But the home is going to great lengths to convince employees to stay on ahead of the departure of con nike dunk tract staff that will require the home to immediately discharge residents, showing how dire the staffing challenges are in Maine, something industry experts fear could worsen as the pandemic continues.Island Nursing Home board President Ronda Dodge said Wednesday on an Island Health and Wellness Foundation podcastthe facility is expected to lose 13 contract staff by Sept. 22. That will leave the home with 780 hours, or 20 full-time employee positions, unfilled, requiring the 50 percent of residents be discharged if slots are not filled. State rules require one direct care provider for every five residents during the day and one per every 15 patients on the night shift. Does that mean that the pati Vboa Letter: 5 landmark animal welfare bills signed
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on聽 air force one bangordailynewsEvan LeBrun is the executive director of Mainers For Working Families.The unprecedented dual health and economic crises brought on by COVID-19 have led us Mainers to stanley thermobecher come together like never before to protect our families, small businesses and communities.Whether its Gov. Janet Mills compassionate and steadfast efforts to flatten the curve, various cities and towns driving innovative approaches to keeping small businesses open, or the tireless work of our health care professionals to care for Mainers in even the most remote parts of the state, we can be proud to live in a state so proactive and dedicated to its people.Recently, Mainers for Working Families surveyed a representative cross-section of Maine voters, from both sides of the aisle, to better understand what they need during these challenging months. While Mainers gave Mills high marks for her response 鈥?with 57 percent in approval 鈥?we heard the people loud and clear that they want to see the Legislature return to a special session and address important policy issues facing the state. An overwhelming 85 percent support a owala special session 鈥?and again, the surveys respondents were of all political affiliations and ideologies, with 68 percent of the respondents identifying as moderate or conservative.The health and economic crises have spawned seemi
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