The president of the local union that represents nursing home workers said the state has treated them as if they … Continue reading Union representing nursing homes workers says state failed to protect workers and their patients
More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority … Continue reading Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus
Renee Morgan, a housekeeper at a nursing home in St. Louis, caught Covid-19 in late April and considered herself lucky. … Continue reading Some Nursing Homes Get Virus Aid But Don’t Pay Infected Workers
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On Dec. 15, 2016, the nation’s largest nursing home lobby wrote a letter to Donald Trump, congratulating the president-elect and … Continue reading Nursing Homes Fought Federal Emergency Plan Requirements for Years. Now, They’re Coronavirus Hot Spots.
Federal workplace safety inspectors are investigating the death or hospitalization of at least three Connecticut elder care workers due to … Continue reading Federal Workplace Safety Officials Investigate Three Connecticut Nursing Homes
With the coronavirus tearing through the Chelsea Place Care Center in Hartford, Cassondra Diaz was careful to take precautions. She … Continue reading ‘We’re essential workers and we’re hurting right now’: Coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on nursing home employees
Nursing home workers lined the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, demanding PPE. They say their companies are not providing … Continue reading Nursing home workers say they’re still not getting enough PPE
The US nursing home industry is clamoring for legal immunity during the coronavirus pandemic, even as horror stories from hard-hit … Continue reading US nursing homes seek legal immunity as Covid-19 spreads ‘like brushfire’
Widespread testing at nursing homes across Connecticut has begun, part of a push by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to curb … Continue reading Widespread testing has begun at nursing homes. So far, staff are excluded