Members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus traveled the state Monday visiting nursing homes from Stamford to Hartford … Continue reading Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Focuses on Nursing Home Workers
Federal workplace safety inspectors are investigating the death or hospitalization of at least three Connecticut elder care workers due to … Continue reading Federal Workplace Safety Officials Investigate Three Connecticut Nursing Homes
They don’t wear capes. But they do have masks. Doctors left their private practices to help staff emergency rooms and intensive … Continue reading Health Care Heroes: Saluting Front-Line Workers in the Battle Against the Coronavirus
A noisy caravan of union demonstrators descended on Greenwich on Thursday afternoon, putting a spotlight on what they say are … Continue reading ‘Money Bags and Body Bags’ protest rolls through affluent Greenwich neighborhoods
The next Connecticut income tax debate is heating up — but not at the Capitol. A key state legislative caucus … Continue reading Progressives look to bring CT’s tax fairness debate to the grassroots level
With the coronavirus tearing through the Chelsea Place Care Center in Hartford, Cassondra Diaz was careful to take precautions. She … Continue reading ‘We’re essential workers and we’re hurting right now’: Coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on nursing home employees
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!
The single-story red brick building looks unremarkable on the outside. But this nursing home in central Connecticut is now the … Continue reading Connecticut launches bold new approach to virus crisis: COVID-19-only nursing homes
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’