Staffing TV Spots
Since 1999, our union has been part of a coalition of advocates for
nursing home reform known as CCCNHR – the Connecticut Citizens
Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. We have worked together for years to
improve staffing and require minimum ratios in nursing homes, since
that is the number one quality issue for our residents and our
long-term care workers. This year, following in the wake of headlines
about poor nursing home care linked to short-staffing, our coalition is
sponsoring television ads supporting bills now at the legislature that
would require ratios and increase staffing minimums at all Connecticut
nursing homes. These ads star one of our own – CNA Gloria Plummer, who
works at the Wintonbury nursing home.
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