PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent commission is going to review the performance of Maine’s nursing homes during the pandemic.
A commission of 25 experts from across the country, including one from Maine’s veterans’ homes, is launching the review as part of a federal effort to analyze nursing homes’ response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Maine Health Care Association said it will produce actionable changes to make residents safer and prepare for future pandemics.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has been like nothing we’ve ever experienced before. I know nursing home administrators who have been in the businesses for 40 years. No one has faced anything like this,” Maine Health Care Association President Rick Erb said. “There’s much to be learned. This is a group that will have the right tools to be able to do that.”
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The recommendations from the commission should be released by Sept. 1.
In other coronavirus-related news in Maine:
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Portland has created a $500,000 fund to help residents who are falling behind on their rent payments because of the pandemic.
The program, approved in May, will get underway this month using federal funding to provide up to $2,250 per household, or $750 a month in assistance for as many as three months.
The program also offers up to $250 to help pay utility bills during the pandemic, said Mary Davis, division director for the city’s Housing and Community Development program.
The money comes from federal funding provided under the CARES Act, a major coronavirus relief package passed by Congress this spring.
The program takes effect as court hearings on evictions could resume as soon as Aug. 3 under the state courts’ reopening plan.
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