Island Nursing Home and Care Center

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A History of Island Nursing Home

The Island Nursing Home and Care Center was founded in 1975 when the Island Women’s Club formed a corporation to create a nursing home on Deer Isle. When the Farmer’s Home Administration agreed to fund $1,000,000.00 towards the construction of a 50-bed facility, the community began a fund raising effort that ultimately raised $500,000.00 to match the FMHA loan. The doors opened eight years later on Valentine’s Day 1983. In the next few years the facility created one of the first Adult Day Care programs in the state.

By 1994, the center had completed two additions. The first incorporated a meeting room, solarium, storage rooms and expanded the kitchen and laundry. The second created an 11-bed skilled unit, 5 more nursing beds, a child day care center, walkway and gazebo and two small dining rooms. One wing was converted to house a 20-bed secured dementia unit.

By 1997 the facility diversified to comprise 32 residential care beds, 38 skilled/nursing beds, Adult Day services, Child Day Care services, Respite Care, Hospice Care and expanded community outreach programs in caregiver support and education.

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