They Look After Our Most Vulnerable. They Make Around $16,200 a Year.
It’s 3 a.m. and Kim Rockwood, a health care worker, is driving to her patients’ homes — even during the coronavirus pandemic — to help them take medication or go
Progressives look to bring CT’s tax fairness debate to the grassroots level
The next Connecticut income tax debate is heating up — but not at the Capitol. A key state legislative caucus is crafting a letter urging town and city councils, local
Widespread testing has begun at nursing homes. So far, staff are excluded
Widespread testing at nursing homes across Connecticut has begun, part of a push by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to curb the spread of COVID-19 among one of the state’s most vulnerable populations.
Push for Profits Left Nursing Homes Struggling to Provide Care
When the pandemic struck, the majority of the nation’s nursing homes were losing money, some were falling into disrepair, and others were struggling to attract new occupants, leaving many of them
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CT State Workers Keep Essential Services in Operation Through COVID-19 Crisis
Connecticut state essential workers from Southbury Training School, the Department of Correction, Connecticut Valley Hospital and other agencies will share their stories from the front lines of novel coronavirus. “Three
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Milford nursing home worker dies of COVID-19 after being on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis
Read the Story from The Hartford Courant HereAngeline Bernadel loved her job at West River Healthcare Center in Milford. But by mid-March, the 52-year-old nurse had become concerned about the
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A Union-made Solution to the PPE Shortage
Below is a UConn Health Labor Coalition report made publicly available and open to news media citation, reproduction and distribution in full or in part. For questions or contact info
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Coronavirus brings new challenges for CT home health aides, clients
Social distancing is one way to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but for health care workers who provide care in people’s homes, especially for the elderly, that type of care brings
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District 1199 Training & Upgrading Info on COVID-19 for PCA’s
PCA In Home Caregiver’s should stay informed with information from the State of CT DDS website: https://portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus Concerning COVID-19 and how you can protect yourself and others. Here is a
SEIU1199NE media coverage on COVID-19
The union, which represents 25,000 government and private-sector health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, group homes and home care settings, raised a host of concerns at a press conference