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Rhode Island

Political Scene: Union efforts raise stakes in Providence House race

  • August 31, 2020

The downside to legislating during campaign season looks like the union-backed fliers asking why incumbent House members “turned their back” on nursing home residents during COVID-19 that hit doorsteps this

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COVID-19

Family of Norwich Nursing Home Residents Raise Concerns; DPH Investigation Into Outbreak Continues

  • August 27, 2020

The Department of Public Health continues to investigate a COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Norwich. According to DPH, as of last Thursday 13 residents and two staff members

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COVID-19

Frank Lalli the Health Care Detective™ : Mathematica Interim Report on COVID-19 Outbreak in Connecticut Nursing Homes

  • August 24, 2020

Bipartisan lawmakers yesterday slammed Gov. Ned Lamont’s $450,000 interim report on how his administration has failed to stop Covid-19 from killing 3,000 senior living residents so far – more than

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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

COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination

  • August 20, 2020

When prison officials found Daniel Ocasio lifeless on his bunk last week at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center with a COVID-19 mask wrapped around his neck, he became the third incarcerated

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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

Lamont is guarding reserves for recession to come. Critics say he’s prioritizing austerity over COVID response

  • August 5, 2020

Five months into the pandemic, with another COVID wave looming and the national economy in free fall, Gov. Ned Lamont is socking away Connecticut’s dollars, reminding lawmakers these resources may

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COVID-19

Free Testing for Asymptomatic or Symptomatic PCAs

  • August 4, 2020

Please see below the links to the health center web sites.  This is the best means to access FREE testing that does not require a doctor’s order, and is available

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Rhode Island

RI Nursing Home Workers Postpone Strike Plans for August 5th

  • July 31, 2020

BREAKING: Nursing home workers have announced they will postpone their plans to strike on August 5 at the urging of Governor Raimondo who has pledged to end the staffing crisis:

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