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Maine’s Lax Oversight of Residential Care Facilities

With the disappearance of nursing home beds across Maine, thousands of aging Mainers are being sent to “nonmedical” residences that aren’t equipped to handle more intensive health needs. But the state has failed to aggressively regulate those residences.

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