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Luz Morales was working as a certified nursing assistant at RegalCare at Waterbury, a nursing home, when she fell ill with COVID-19. At home, her 70-year-old mother, Nicia, looked in
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Nursing home workers, group home workers and personal care attendants who provide home care services for the elderly and people with disabilities will unite in a candlelight vigil to demand
Politics
Throughout June, July and August, 1199 members met with candidates running for office in November. Members identified issues that were important to them for various reasons, things like healthcare, protecting
Nursing Homes
The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Providence began a three-day strike on Friday over demands for
Connecticut
We are extremely disappointed that the Department of Public Health was not able to step in earlier and do better to fix the problems observed at Three Rivers in Norwich.
NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the Three Rivers Healthcare nursing home following an investigation into a
Nursing Homes
NORWICH — The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has ordered all patients to be removed from the Three Rivers Healthcare nursing home following an investigation into a
Good union home care jobs must be at the center of fixing our nation’s overstretched and underfunded long-term care system and addressing the systemic racism and sexism that devalues essential
COVID-19
When Tanya Beckford was infected with COVID-19 while working at an assisted-living facility in Newington earlier this year, she told her children her last wishes. She did not know that
Last spring, as coronavirus swept through Connecticut and the state’s nursing homes became ground zero for deadly outbreaks, nursing aide Gloria Duquette pushed aside her fear and continued showing up