One is hospitalized, four have been isolated, officials said.
Nursing Homes
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Connecticut nursing home workers on coronavirus: ‘We need a better plan in place’
Chelsea Daniels, a licensed practical nurse at Fresh River Healthcare in East Windsor and member of health care union SEIU 1199, says she’s concerned about how nursing homes will prevention coronavirus infection. Adalis Martinez isn’t eating out as much these days. She also doesn’t spend too much time in stores. And she’s washing her hands […]
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CT nursing homes directed to limit visitors amid coronavirus concerns
As Connecticut confirmed its second coronavirus case, Gov. Ned Lamont announced a crackdown on who can visit nursing homes.
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Advocates want to recycle CT’s wasted prescription drugs. The state says it’s already doing that.
Social service advocates were hoping to change a state law so they could funnel unused prescription drugs to the uninsured. But a 20-year-old, little-known program is scuttling their plans.
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Nursing home vacancies test Lamont’s relationship with labor
A new policy designed to eliminate unused beds in nursing homes has put Gov. Ned Lamont at odds with a key part of his base, Connecticut’s largest healthcare workers’ union.
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Fasano tries to keep nursing home issue in play
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, volleyed back Friday at Gov. Ned Lamont’s offer of temporary relief to nine nursing homes.
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Lamont gives nursing homes a temporary reprieve
Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration offered nine embattled nursing homes a brief reprieve Thursday from deep, ordered cuts in state funding. The Department of Social Services effectively suspended plans to reduce one-and-a-half months’ worth of funding to these homes, which have large numbers of vacant beds.
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Fight over nursing home funding intensifies
The fate of nine financially troubled Connecticut nursing homes could hinge on the answer to one key question. Did state legislators know their approval of a new budget last fall would trigger immediate cutbacks in state aid to homes with large vacancy rates?
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Nursing homes gear up to fight state Medicaid cuts
Nursing homes set to lose Medicaid funding will challenge the state’s decision — otherwise, they face severe financial cuts.
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Union backs away from nursing home strike
The state’s largest health care workers’ union has again called off a threat to strike, following a pledge by governor to increase rates for nursing homes.
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Senate approves bill requiring nursing homes to disclose staffing levels
The state Senate has advanced a bill to require nursing homes to disclose every day the number of direct-care staff members assigned to patients.
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Nursing home workers set new strike deadline
Connecticut’s largest health care employee union set a June 3 strike deadline if additional funding for pay raises isn’t added to the state budget.
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Minimum wage proposal vexes Connecticut nursing homes
The proposal to boost Connecticut’s minimum wage could put nursing homes and home-care providers in a squeeze.
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Union suspends plans for May 1 strike at nursing homes
With negotiations ongoing with the Lamont administration, a threatened work stoppage is on hold.
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Nursing home workers set May 1 strike deadline
Workers at state nursing homes want the legislature to budget an estimated $40 million for raises.
