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COVID-19

State extends funding for nursing home staff testing through October

  • August 13, 2020

State officials, who had planned to fund the broad testing of nursing home staff through Aug. 31, are extending their financial support through late October, pointing to the importance of

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COVID-19

Broad testing of nursing home staff is considered crucial in stopping COVID. But who will pay for it?

  • July 30, 2020

For months, Lurlette Newell avoided hugs from her grandchildren, a heartbreaking ordeal for a woman who loves to show affection. But Newell, a certified nursing assistant at the Westside Care

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COVID-19

Gov. Ned Lamont will issue order making it easier for essential workers who contract COVID-19 to collect workers’ compensation

  • July 20, 2020

HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday he will soon issue an executive order that will make it easier for frontline workers who contract COVID-19 to qualify for workers’ compensation

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Nursing Homes & Hospitals

‘Sad and tragic:’ Federal nursing home data show at least 3,400 staffers infected, 14 dead

  • July 2, 2020

One night in April, after coming off her shift at a Farmington nursing home, Chasity Williams started to feel sick. Her stomach hurt. She had trouble breathing. Her appetite vanished.

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COVID-19

Union Health Care Workers Petition To Remove DPH Official, Demand Better Protections

  • June 26, 2020

Wearing a mask and speaking through a megaphone, Jesse Martin prompted a crowd that had gathered outside the state Department of Public Health building in Hartford late Thursday afternoon. “What

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COVID-19

Lamont Allows Reduced Testing Of Nursing Home Workers, Cites Changing Federal Guidance

  • June 22, 2020

State officials have announced that they’re scaling back COVID-19 testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It’s a policy shift that comes as a major union representing eldercare workers

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COVID-19

Demand an end to the lethal status quo in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

Since April, Rhode Island nursing homes have received over $50 million dollars in state and federal funding in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This is on top of the $242 million they made

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Nursing Homes

RI lawmakers push for better protection in nursing homes

  • June 18, 2020

Although the numbers are down in Rhode Island, there is an urge to better protect the state’s most vulnerable population in the wake of COVID-19. Nursing home residents are the

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COVID-19

Remembering Long-Term Care Workers & Clients Fighting COVID-19

  • June 18, 2020

Join us at Bushnell Park’s North Hill by the State Capitol as we remember and honor thousands of long-term care workers and residents/clients affected by COVID-19. Too many nursing home

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iCare Delegate Assembly 6.16.20

  • June 15, 2020

ICare Delegate meeting:  Discuss info picket and layoffs  Topic: Icare Delegates meeting Time: Jun 16, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom Meeting Details https://zoom.us/j/91073737759   Meeting ID:

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