Current News and Press Releases
2024
11/26 – A crisis of care: Connecticut sees alarming rate of nursing home closures FOX 61
06/21 – CT health care system sells 5 nursing homes to out-0f-state provider HARTFORD COURANT
04/18 – Complaint backlog at CT nursing homes, hospitals is years long HARTFORD COURANT
03/18 – How are CT nursing homes using Medicaid funds? Lawmakers ask for more transparency HARTFORD COURANT
03/06 – Opinion: More state investment is needed for nursing homes CT POST
03/05 – Marie Pyznar: Our CT nursing homes need to be fully funded HARTFORD COURANT
03/01 – Aging Committee Mulls Elderly Scams, Medicaid Funding, And Quality of Life At Nursing Homes CT NEWS JUNKIE
03/01 – DSS commissioner withdraws nursing home staffing cost estimates HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL
02/27 – It will cost Connecticut tens of millions: Disputed nursing home staffing policy HARTFORD COURANT
02/24 – CT nursing home company that’s closing two facilities owes towns more than $750k HARTFORD COURANT
02/15 – State Lawmakers Must Increase Medicaid Fund for Nursing Homes / Op-Ed Bill White THE NEW LONDON DAY
01/29 – Fiscal guardrails or a straight jacket? Part 2 Many core services are eroding as money goes to pensions CT MIRROR
01/24 – Facilities missing staffing requirements threatened with possible state admissions freeze MCKNIGHTS LONG TERM CARE NEWS
2023
07/31 – Staffing Shortages Cause Survey Backlog for Half of Connecticut SNFs, in Tandem With More Immediate Jeopardy Cases SKILLED NURSING NEWS
06/01 – Lawmakers pass on increasing nursing home staffing minimums but hike transparency requirements MCKNIGHTS LONG TERM CARE NEWS
06/01 – Beefed-up elder care reform bill clears CT house HARTFORD COURANT
05/10 – With legislators unable to stomach cost, proposed staffing rule likely to die MCKNIGHTS LONG TERM CARE NEWS
05/02 – 5-star facility is closing, blames state’s emphasis on home care MCKNIGHTS LONG TERM CARE NEWS
05/01 – Closure of five-star nursing home open for 50 years come with a warning HARTFORD COURANT
04/18 – ‘Fiscal guardrails’ steer legislators to lean budget despite surplus CT MIRROR
03/31 West Hartford rehabilitation center files with state for closure HARTFORD COURANT
03/26 CT nursing homes are under pressure from all sides. For many, the next few years will be about survival. HARTFORD COURANT
03/19 CT’s aging population is growing. There aren’t enough people and facilities to take care of them HARTFORD COURANT
03/04 Connecticut proposes financial penalty for nursing homes with empty beds HARTFORD COURANT
03/02 State Threatens Under-Occupied Facilities with Another Rate Cut MCKNIGHTS
02/17 Nursing Home Staffing Transparency Up For Debate CT NEWS JUNKIE
02/15 LTC wage-hike effort headed for run-in with state minimum staffing proposalMCKNIGHTS
02/13 CT Supreme Court case involving Hartford HealthCare to test limits of hospital immunity HARTFORD COURANT
02/10 CT nursing home bill calls for major transparency, staffing reforms HARTFORD COURANT
01/30 State noncommittal to nursing homes’ request for more money HARTFORD COURANT
