FOX61 has been aggressively covering the story of how COVID-19 has impacted longterm care facilities, their residents and their workers. … Continue reading Report finds CT long-term care facilities were not prepared for COVID-19
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
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
Wearing a mask and speaking through a megaphone, Jesse Martin prompted a crowd that had gathered outside the state Department … Continue reading Union Health Care Workers Petition To Remove DPH Official, Demand Better Protections
State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy … Continue reading Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance
Nursing Homes
Although the numbers are down in Rhode Island, there is an urge to better protect the state’s most vulnerable population … Continue reading RI lawmakers push for better protection in nursing homes
Connecticut’s state workers are risking their lives in the front lines of novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, some politicians want to take … Continue reading You Don’t Have To Call Me A Hero – New Advertisement
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
Growing up as the oldest girl among 10 siblings in a large Catholic family in Detroit, Mary Kay Henry learned … Continue reading ‘Working People Want Real Change’: A Union Chief Sounds Off on the Crisis
Connecticut
Even as the state Department of Correction significantly expands COVID-19 testing of incarcerated people, agency employees say that deep concerns … Continue reading Even with expanding COVID-19 testing, DOC employees describe ‘a perfect storm’ within Connecticut prisons and jails