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
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On Dec. 15, 2016, the nation’s largest nursing home lobby wrote a letter to Donald Trump, congratulating the president-elect and … Continue reading Nursing Homes Fought Federal Emergency Plan Requirements for Years. Now, They’re Coronavirus Hot Spots.
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
Nursing home workers lined the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, demanding PPE. They say their companies are not providing … Continue reading Nursing home workers say they’re still not getting enough PPE
The US nursing home industry is clamoring for legal immunity during the coronavirus pandemic, even as horror stories from hard-hit … Continue reading US nursing homes seek legal immunity as Covid-19 spreads ‘like brushfire’
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
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
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