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Town‑run nursing home seeks staffing investments and aims to grow Medicare and private‑pay mix to shrink subsidy
Summary
Our Island Home staff sought EIRs for housekeeping, receptionist coverage and a workforce development program to recruit CNAs; administrators said the facility currently runs about $5M in revenue and $10M in expenses and aims to shift census mix toward Medicare/private pay to reduce the town subsidy.
Rob (presenter for Our Island Home) outlined operating and programmatic requests for the town‑owned nursing facility and described steps to improve staffing and revenue mix during a lengthy Finance Committee discussion on Feb. 2.
Rob said the department proposes several EIRs including a part‑time housekeeper, a part‑time administrative clerk to staff the front desk, additional certified nursing assistant (CNA) staffing and an $80,000 workforce development line to…
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