Nursing homes may have infectious disease protocols, but they’ve never before been faced with such a dire real-time test. Nursing homes may have infectious disease protocols, but they’ve never before been faced with such a dire real-time test. As cases of COVID-19 surged throughout Connecticut and the nation, “a perfect storm” of circumstances rendered nursing […]
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Lamont says Fairfield County has ‘hit the apex,’ still wants more coronavirus data
Gov. Ned Lamont said the state use rapid testing and data collection to re-open its economy.
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Connecticut reports second straight day of decreased coronavirus hospitalizations
Gov. Lamont also announced that nursing homes across the state will receive an additional five percent in funding.
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State nursing homes have COVID-19 infection rates of as high as 61%
In three homes, more than half of the residents have the coronavirus.
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Where the COVID-19 cases and deaths are in Connecticut nursing homes
There have been 375 reported deaths in nursing homes from COVID-19 out of 1,713 cases. Here’s the breakdown.
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Amid calls for transparency, state releases nursing home data
Data show more than half of the nursing homes in Connecticut now have at least one confirmed case of COVID-19.
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Nursing homes caring for COVID-19 patients on brink of catastrophe if state doesn’t act, industry leaders warn
The pandemic has Connecticut’s nursing homes days away from catastrophe, leaders warned, and a 10% rate increase won’t prevent that.
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Easter brings no respite from coronavirus, 60 new deaths in Connecticut
The number of new COVID-19 cases declined in Connecticut on Easter Sunday, but deaths and hospitalizations jumped .
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Lamont signs order creating nursing home recovery centers
Three nursing homes are tapped to serve residents after COVID-19 hospitalizations, and the National Guard began setting up an overflow hospital in the Connecticut Convention Center.
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New state plan for nursing home tests, isolation facilities could have big impact on COVID-19 spread
Workers, fearing for their lives, call on the state to provide more protective gear.
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Concern grows that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts minorities, but the data is incomplete
Civil rights leaders are urging the governor to intensify efforts to gather better racial and ethic data on the pandemic.
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State won’t reveal coronavirus spread in nursing homes, leaving families in the dark
State officials have reported overall numbers of nursing home cases. But loved ones, barred from visitation, want more specific information.
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Nursing home leaders outline possible sites dedicated to coronavirus-positive residents
The goal is to reduce the risk of infection to other patients, but there are staffing and logistic issues.
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Nursing home officials bristle at Lamont suggestion to send hospital patients to nursing facilities
Nursing home operators are worried that taking in overflow hospitals patients will put their elderly residents at risk.
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The state doesn’t track how many nursing home workers have coronavirus. That has fueled concern about transmission and staffing.
While state officials log every nursing home resident who tests positive for COVID-19, they don’t track sick nursing home employees.