Another Maine nursing home is closing. The owner of Narraguagus Bay Health Care in Milbridge says it will close within 60 days.
Dr. Steven Weisberger, owner of the facility, says in a written statement that the closure "is heartbreaking, but was impossible to prevent. I am so sad to have to make this decision."
Forty-six residents need to be relocated. Samantha Jones says she just moved her father into Narraguagus Bay 10 weeks ago, after his previous nursing facility closed.
"It's become quite a scramble, and it's getting harder and harder," she says. "We live in the oldest state in the nation and it doesn't seem right that there is no support for this community that has raised us, and that we're going to become."
Maine's long term care ombudsman is helping to find other placements for residents. According to the Maine Health Care Association, 25 nursing homes have closed in Maine over the past decade.
Narraguagus Bay says a diminishing workforce, inflation, and low Medicaid reimbursement rates are having a significant impact on long term care in the state.
