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It’s been more than a year since COVID-19 came to Connecticut, and Kara O’Dwyer is just barely making it all … Continue reading Getting by with the ‘grace of god and caffeine’
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Still reeling financially from the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut’s nursing home industry could face strikes at more than 50 facilities this … Continue reading Strikes possible at more than 50 CT nursing homes this spring
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Grace Davis was born during the Spanish flu and outlived two husbands. At 101 years old, she was still going … Continue reading The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes
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A coalition of labor leaders, progressive legislators and other activists upped the pressure Monday on Gov. Ned Lamont and the … Continue reading Labor-based coalition urges Lamont, lawmakers to tax wealthy to fund ‘people’s recovery’ from pandemic
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We were all a little lonelier this Thanksgiving as COVID-19 means that visiting with friends and relatives is risky business. … Continue reading ‘Personal caregivers do noble work — and are not adequately compensated’ – an OP-ED from the CT Mirror
When prison officials found Daniel Ocasio lifeless on his bunk last week at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center with a COVID-19 … Continue reading COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination
COVID-19 hit nursing homes in the Northeast states particularly hard, but those living in Connecticut long term care facilities died … Continue reading Report offers clues to what went wrong in lethal COVID outbreak in nursing homes
State officials, who had planned to fund the broad testing of nursing home staff through Aug. 31, are extending their … Continue reading State extends funding for nursing home staff testing through October
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Five months into the pandemic, with another COVID wave looming and the national economy in free fall, Gov. Ned Lamont … Continue reading Lamont is guarding reserves for recession to come. Critics say he’s prioritizing austerity over COVID response
For months, Lurlette Newell avoided hugs from her grandchildren, a heartbreaking ordeal for a woman who loves to show affection. … Continue reading Broad testing of nursing home staff is considered crucial in stopping COVID. But who will pay for it?