Strafford County delegates press case for new Riverside Rest Home after tour of outdated facility
Delegation members and Riverside staff described failing infrastructure, infection-control concerns and overcrowded rooms at the county-run Riverside Rest Home, and agreed to study financing and sites for a replacement at a follow-up August meeting.
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Delegation members touring Riverside Rest Home said the county-run nursing facility is showing its age and urged a concrete plan to replace it. A county official and Riverside staff described leaking showers, a sewer failure that briefly required porta-potties, asbestos that complicates in-place renovations, and repeated infection-control problems during COVID and norovirus outbreaks. “It is an infectious disease nightmare,” one medical presenter said.
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