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
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!
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’
As Connecticut looks to gradually reopen some businesses this month, public health care workers raised concerns Wednesday that the state … Continue reading Coronavirus resurgence a concern for health care workers as CT looks to reopen
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Connecticut state essential workers from Southbury Training School, the Department of Correction, Connecticut Valley Hospital and other agencies will share … Continue reading CT State Workers Keep Essential Services in Operation Through COVID-19 Crisis
Last summer – months before the novel coronavirus began its deadly race across Connecticut – dozens of residents at a … Continue reading Nursing Homes Hit Hard By COVID-19 Had More Staffing, Infection control problems before pandemic
WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — A nursing home worker says she believes she caught coronavirus at work and passed it along … Continue reading ‘Don’t tell me I killed my mom’: Nursing home CNA says she contracted coronavirus at work, passed it along to her mother who died
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