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COVID-19

Report finds CT long-term care facilities were not prepared for COVID-19

  • August 21, 2020

FOX61 has been aggressively covering the story of how COVID-19 has impacted longterm care facilities, their residents and their workers. Now, a new report sheds light on how it got

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

One dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Norwich nursing home; state says at least 15 people infected

  • August 21, 2020

The state Department of Public health is investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a Norwich nursing home, where at least one resident has died and several are hospitalized after a supervisor

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COVID-19

Report offers clues to what went wrong in lethal COVID outbreak in nursing homes

  • August 20, 2020

COVID-19 hit nursing homes in the Northeast states particularly hard, but those living in Connecticut long term care facilities died more frequently than in any other state – a result

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COVID-19

State extends funding for nursing home staff testing through October

  • August 13, 2020

State officials, who had planned to fund the broad testing of nursing home staff through Aug. 31, are extending their financial support through late October, pointing to the importance of

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COVID-19

Nursing home administrators offer mixed answers for COVID outbreaks, deaths

  • July 22, 2020

In a virtual hearing Tuesday, nursing home operators were grilled about why so many patients died of COVID-19. Nursing home operators said outbreaks were unavoidable. “The bad actor is the

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

‘Sad and tragic:’ Federal nursing home data show at least 3,400 staffers infected, 14 dead

  • July 2, 2020

One night in April, after coming off her shift at a Farmington nursing home, Chasity Williams started to feel sick. Her stomach hurt. She had trouble breathing. Her appetite vanished.

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COVID-19

Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance

  • June 22, 2020

State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy shift that comes as a major union representing eldercare workers

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

ICare Delegates Meeting – Tuesday 6/23

  • June 22, 2020

Join us for and ICare Delegates meeting Tuesday 6/23 at 5:30pm Time: Jun 23, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98369886893 Meeting ID: 983 6988

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COVID-19

Essential workers tell lawmakers they’re being denied workers compensation for COVID-19 because they can’t prove where they got the virus

  • June 19, 2020

As a shuttle bus driver at Yale New Haven Hospital, Denise Rogers constantly came in close contact with nurses and other health care workers as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading

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COVID-19

Remembering Long-Term Care Workers & Clients Fighting COVID-19

  • June 18, 2020

Join us at Bushnell Park’s North Hill by the State Capitol as we remember and honor thousands of long-term care workers and residents/clients affected by COVID-19. Too many nursing home

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