As Connecticut leaders this week unveiled plans to ramp up testing among the most vulnerable communities hit by COVID-19, the … Continue reading Data: 70% of CT coronavirus-linked deaths have occurred in senior care facilities
State mental health workers participated in a car caravan Thursday to express their concerns over the growing denial of care … Continue reading DMHAS Workers Participate in Caravan to Protect Essential Mental Health Services during COVID-19 Pandemic
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
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Dear 1199 Member: Over the last month, more than 1,400 DMHAS 1199 members have signed a petition to Commissioner Delphin-Rittmon; … Continue reading DMHAS Members – Join the Movement!
The single-story red brick building looks unremarkable on the outside. But this nursing home in central Connecticut is now the … Continue reading Connecticut launches bold new approach to virus crisis: COVID-19-only nursing homes
Janell Roberts was stunned when she opened a box of personal protective equipment shipped by the state Department of Social … Continue reading Home health aide: ‘They are playing a game with our lives’
Frank has chronicled his experience with the health care system in the New York Times op-ed piece “A Health Insurance Detective … Continue reading Frank Lalli, The Health Care Detective™: COVID-19 Diary Entry Number 7 – Friday May 8, 2020
When the pandemic struck, the majority of the nation’s nursing homes were losing money, some were falling into disrepair, and others … Continue reading Push for Profits Left Nursing Homes Struggling to Provide Care