UNE students lend a vital hand to Deer Isle nursing home hit hard by COVID
Read Article The sign at the entrance to Island Nursing Home in the Hancock County town of Deer Isle. Students from the University of New England’s nursing and osteopathic medicine program have been helping work at the home since a COVID-19 outbreak in November and December led to staff shortages. Kevin Miller/Staff Writer DEER ISLE — For eight months, staff at Island Nursing Home had managed to keep the virus away from residents of their small facility in this historic fishing community. But when COVID-19 finally arrived just before Thanksgiving, it swept through the Deer Isle nursing...
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