Marshall's Health Care Facility sits at 16 Beal St. in Machias, Maine, and has served the area since 1993, offering different kinds of care from short-stay skilled rehabilitation and long-term care to hospice, respite, and adult daycare services, with 24-hour staff providing personal and medical help. The facility's got 64 beds in 64 units but also includes a modern skilled nursing, long-term care, and rehab center with up to 124 private and semi-private rooms, and they run a 24-bed memory care unit called Engle Place, where people with Alzheimer's get tailored programs and attention. Residents here can get different medical services, like physical, occupational, and speech therapy, wound care, stroke care, heart care, mental health support, pain management, nutritional services, and even dental and eye care, thanks to their trained staff on site-including nurses, therapists, and aides every day and every night. Meals are available all day, served in either restaurant-style dining rooms or residents' rooms, and the kitchen keeps track of special diets-like diabetic or allergy-aware choices-and the staff can help deliver or prepare meals as needed.
Marshall's makes room for social, recreation, and religious activities, with daily exercise, movie nights, music and arts, and scheduled off-site trips, plus an activity room, music room, and areas for walking or using the garden. The place supports both family and resident councils, and offers counseling for residents and families, and it runs an emergency alert system along with regular safety checks to meet state and Medicare standards. Residents get help with bathing, dressing, medication, moving around, and staff will coordinate moves and take care of laundry and cleaning. There's regular nursing care and supervision, with staff handling complex care needs including tube feeding, IV therapy, or advanced nursing for severe conditions.
The facility doesn't have a CCRC but does have different levels of rooms-semi-private and private-or specialty units like the long-term rehab and memory care wings, and rooms come with cable TV, Wi-Fi, private bathrooms, air conditioning, and kitchenettes, set up in comfortable, home-like arrangements. There are options for transportation to medical appointments and community events, plus parking for visitors. Medicare and Medicaid cover many services, and the staff keeps detailed nurse, aide, and medical hours to meet regulatory needs. Ratings for Marshall's show good marks, often in the A or B+ range, especially for long-term and short-term rehab, reflecting steady care and commitment to the patients' well-being. They focus on not just the medical and physical needs but work to keep up the emotional and social health of everyone living in the facility, making sure community and comfort remain part of daily life.
