Catholic Community Services says the cost of providing hospice and home care in Juneau has skyrocketed, but funding hasn't kept pace.
A woman crosses Marine Way in front of Juneau City Hall on Sept. 25, 2017.
CCS Executive Director Erin Walker-Tolles says that’s because the cost of labor has about doubled due to demand. She says staffing was hard before the pandemic, but over the last few years the situation has become dire. Walker-Tolles says the program needs three more nurses. It has only one full-time staff nurse, and the contracts for its two traveling nurses will expire in late October. CCS hasn’t been able to find more travel nurses to replace them.In adated Aug. 12, Walker-Tolles wrote that the service wouldn’t take new clients after this week if it couldn’t secure an additional $50,000 a month in funding. The letter also suggested current clients could be moved or discharged without new funding.
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