The proposal to shift skilled nursing care from Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard has taken another step with the signing of a transfer agreement Friday, according to a press release. The transfer agreement ultimately allows the shifting of licensed beds from Windemere to Navigator Homes pending state Department of […]
Renee Lohman, CEO of Navigator Elder Homes, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 4, at the age of 65. Alongside Martha’s Vineyard Hospital (MVH), Lohman was busy spearheading the planning for construction of a new elder care facility in Edgartown to replace the aging Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She initially developed the concept of the Green […]
To the Editor: In 1975, my grandfather, Roger DeFeo went to Martha’s Vineyard with his older brother to find an ideal place to build family homes. Together, they found two pieces of property on Bayberry Lane, now known as Teaberry Lane. Being two sons of Italian immigrants from Revere, they didn’t grow up going to […]
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In Massachusetts and elsewhere across the country, there is insufficient senior housing, and what exists is usually too expensive. Far too often, institutional housing options for elders lead to impersonal living conditions for residents and impersonal working conditions for staff to the detriment of both. Those working conditions, combined with low pay, have created a shortage of people who want to work with elders, particularly those trained to staff the nation’s nursing homes. At a median salary of just $13.14 per hour, the certified nursing assistants in this country are expected to provide care every day to sometimes as many as 30 frail elders. It’s no wonder that there is high turnover and a dearth of employees to care for our nation’s elders.