New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts adopted policies setting requirements for how much nursing homes must spend on resident care.
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State fines long-term care facilities for not reporting vaccination rates
The state has fined 26 providers a combined $221,000 for not reporting their vaccination rates by the deadline.
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Resident vaccination rates fluctuating in nursing homes
While the overall vaccination rate among residents remains high, rapid turnover has some facilities reporting rates as low as 66%.
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Nursing home hit with $10,000 fine after alleged sex assault
The state has fined the nursing home’s owners for failing to protect residents and staff from the convicted rapist.
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State investigating how many long-term care workers sought COVID vaccine exemptions from embattled doctor
Officials are investigating how many long-term care workers got COVID-19 vaccine exemptions from a doctor accused of handing them out.
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Lamont might have only 3 days to enforce nursing home vaccination rule
The vaccine mandate for nursing home workers goes into effect three days before Lamont’s emergency powers are set to expire.
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As deadline approaches for nursing home workers to get vaccinated, the state still has no mandate for home care staff
As the Delta variant spreads, people who rely on home care are increasingly concerned about whether the workers are inoculated.
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Nursing homes share best practices, challenges in vaccinating staff
Vaccine mandates, education cited as helping to get the most buy-in.
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Lamont orders long-term care facilities to get workers vaccinated or face fines
Workers at long-term care facilities must be vaccinated by Sept. 7 or their workplaces will face a $20,000 daily penalty.
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Fearing staff shortages, nursing homes have resisted vaccine mandates. The Delta variant is changing that.
Eighty-seven percent of Connecticut’s nursing home population has been vaccinated, while 70% percent of the workforce has been immunized.
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‘There’s still work to be done:’ Higher staffing target in nursing homes remains elusive
The hurdles to increasing the minimum required hours of direct care: The cost of staffing and finding and keeping workers.
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Health care workers who aren’t fingerprinted can keep jobs, but are barred from providing direct care
The law is designed to shield patients from would-be staff who have histories of certain violent crimes.
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Connecticut hospitals are requiring staff to get vaccinated against COVID. Will other health providers follow?
The effort comes as the highly contagious Delta variant gains a stronger foothold in Connecticut and elsewhere.
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Accused sex offender to return to CT to face charges in nursing home assault
Miguel Lopez will face charges in a case that focused attention on a loophole in Connecticut’s sex offender registry laws.
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A convicted rapist was accused of sex assault at an East Windsor nursing home. Police had no idea he was there.
Nursing homes in Connecticut do not have to tell police when they admit a registered sex offender from another state.