More than 400 elderly people are enrolled in subsidized home-care programs in Southern Maine.
The state makes registration of such home-care programs voluntary, so no one knows how many children are enrolled.
"We will confirm a family's maximum lifetime benefits package before setting up a home-care program."
We will be developing nonacute-care facilities, hospices and home-care programs.
"Our home-care program now has 250 people registered," Mr. Verzi said.
The critics say many families depend on home-care programs to help tend to the aging.
Its home-care program for the elderly in Williamsburg employs 600 attendants and operates on a $12 million annual budget.
The 95-bed hospital also runs a children's home-care program.
The researchers based their findings on a study of 216 elderly women who were enrolled in a home-care program but were eligible for nursing homes.
So it's a real challenge for home-care programs on Long Island to find appropriate staff.
