Since April, Rhode Island nursing homes have received over $50 million dollars in state and federal funding in response to … Continue reading Demand an end to the lethal status quo in nursing homes
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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
Join us at Bushnell Park’s North Hill by the State Capitol as we remember and honor thousands of long-term care … Continue reading Remembering Long-Term Care Workers & Clients Fighting COVID-19
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ICare Delegate meeting: Discuss info picket and layoffs Topic: Icare Delegates meeting Time: Jun 16, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time … Continue reading iCare Delegate Assembly 6.16.20
More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority … Continue reading Most Nursing Home Workers in New Survey Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus
Renee Morgan, a housekeeper at a nursing home in St. Louis, caught Covid-19 in late April and considered herself lucky. … Continue reading Some Nursing Homes Get Virus Aid But Don’t Pay Infected Workers
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
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
As Connecticut leaders this week unveiled plans to ramp up testing among the most vulnerable communities hit by COVID-19, the … Continue reading Data: 70% of CT coronavirus-linked deaths have occurred in senior care facilities