No fingerprints, no direct caregiving in CT nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 22, 2021
Nursing home employees who didn’t get fingerprinted as part of a background check can keep their jobs, but they haven’t been allowed to care for residents since a deadline killing a COVID-era exemption...
Providers worry they might not be able to meet staff fingerprinting deadline, leading to forced terminations
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2021
Connecticut long-term care providers are quickly trying to comply with a state mandate that requires healthcare workers hired during the pandemic to submit fingerprints for a background check by July 20...
Nursing homes with larger minority populations had 50 percent more COVID cases, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 18, 2021
One state’s careful count of COVID-19 deaths and cases has revealed a strong link between the proportion of minority and ethnic residents in nursing homes and increased facility incidence and mortality...
Massive strike averted: Operators, state, union reach deal to give workers ‘unprecedented wage increases’
By
Danielle Brown
May 17, 2021
Dozens of Connecticut nursing home operators are breathing a sigh of relief after an initial deal was reached that would give workers “unprecedented wage increases” over the next several years.
Can massive nursing homes strike be averted? That’s the $280 million question
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2021
An additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes — including a 10% boost for Medicaid and a 4.5% wage increase — has been proposed by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) in an effort to avert a...
State has enough money to avoid nursing home worker strike, top lawmakers believe
By
Danielle Brown
May 06, 2021
Connecticut long-term care operators and staff are both feeling reassured after state lawmakers expressed confidence in the legislature’s ability to find additional funding to help prevent a planned...
Operators of 33 nursing homes face strike threat from 3,400 workers who want $20 per hour, PPE stockpiled
By
Danielle Brown
May 04, 2021
Three Connecticut nursing home operators could be facing significant staffing shortages after thousands of workers announced plans to strike.
Former nursing home owner gets 2.5 years in prison for stealing more than $4M from employees
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 22, 2021
A former Connecticut nursing home owner will spend the next 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing more than $4 million from staff members’ pension and health plans.
Decline in nursing home residents spurs long-planned strategic moves for one operator
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has offered a bit of a silver lining for one Connecticut long-term care operator: the impetus for making long-planned strategic changes in skilled nursing and an expansion in its...
Focus shifts to short-stay residents to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2021
Health officials in some areas are turning their focus to vaccinating short-stay nursing home residents in an effort to halt a potential surge in cases and deaths.