PROVINCETOWN — Massachusetts politicians at both the state and federal level have made recent moves toward tightening regulation of the long-term care industry, especially as private-equity firms continue to buy […]
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SEASHORE POINT
Reviewers Suspect Fraud in Nursing Home Filings
Experts find evidence of hidden profits in the millions
PROVINCETOWN — Since taking over the nursing home at Seashore Point in 2019, the current owners have used a complex network of companies to pay themselves hidden profits — possibly […]
A MANAGEMENT ISSUE
Patients Suffer at Outer Cape’s Only Nursing Home
AdviniaCare at Seashore Point fails to meet state minimum-staffing standards
PROVINCETOWN — This past spring, a Provincetown resident who the Independent has agreed not to name to protect the person’s privacy checked into the Seashore Point nursing home for rehabilitation […]
ELDER CARE
Healey Signs Long-Term Care Bill Into Law
State will have new powers over owners of nursing homes
PROVINCETOWN — Last month, a long-term care reform bill that had failed to pass during the legislature’s normal session, which ended July 31, became law after the state House and […]
AWARDS
The Independent Is Newspaper of the Year
PROVIDENCE — The Provincetown Independent was named Newspaper of the Year among the region’s small weekly newspapers at the fall conference of the New England Newspaper and Press Association on […]
OBITUARY
Seashore Point Resident Arlene Reed Was 89
Arlene B. (Dunn) Reed, who lived at Provincetown’s Seashore Point Wellness Center for six years, died on Sept. 16, 2024. The cause was acute respiratory distress with underlying chronic obstructive […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Select Board Public Hearing FY2025 Property Tax Rate Classification August 26, 2024 The Provincetown Select Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 26, 2024, at […]
NURSING HOME REFORM
A Profit-Driven Health-Care System Is the Problem
Why not find a way to pay frontline workers more?
I had just returned from a visit with my sister, who has lived at the Seashore Point Wellness Center in Provincetown since 2018, when I saw the Independent’s July 25 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 8, 2024
From Joe Scanlan, Burt Grossman, Mike Rice, Laura Ludwig, and Chuck Madansky
Leasing to Locals To the editor: I was very pleased to read about Provincetown’s “Lease to Locals” program [“Provincetown Aims to Lure Landlords Into Year-Round Rental Market,” Aug. 1, page […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Private Equity Doesn’t Care
Last week’s article by Jack Styler on the substandard care at the nursing home at Seashore Point in Provincetown, now formally called AdviniaCare at Provincetown, was one of the more […]
Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Planning Board Public Hearing September 6, 2023 LEGAL AD FOR ZONING AMENDMENTS Pursuant to G.L. Chapter 40A, Sec. 5, the Town of Wellfleet Planning Board will hold […]
Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Planning Board Public Hearing September 6, 2023 LEGAL AD FOR ZONING AMENDMENTS Pursuant to G.L. Chapter 40A, Sec. 5, the Town of Wellfleet Planning Board will hold […]
OBITUARY
St. Joan of Arc Deacon John Twerago of Eastham Was 89
John Paul Twerago of Eastham died peacefully on Nov 26, 2022 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. The cause, aspiration pneumonia, was confirmed by his daughter, Donna. He was 89. […]
ECONOMY
State Passes $3.8 Billion Economic Development Bill
Funds for health care, clean energy, business; but not for workers, renters, children
Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $3.8-billion economic development bill into law on Nov. 10, about three months after the end of the legislature’s formal session. The bill directs $545 million […]
OBITUARY
Edith McGuinness, 88
Edith C. McGuinness died peacefully at Brooksby Village in Peabody on Nov. 17, 2022. She had struggled with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by loving family, for several years. She was 88. […]
