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Nearly half of the nursing homes in CT are overdue for a routine inspection, and the number of serious violations is up. What's going on?

Gov. Ned Lamont and State Comptroller Sean Scanlon announced the launch of a new prescription drug discount program on Thursday.

State lawmakers from both parties expressed interest in adopting more ambitious mandatory minimum staffing requirements at Connecticut nursing homes during a Tuesday hearing on new regulations from the Department of Public Health.

Nearly half of the nursing homes in CT are overdue for a routine inspection, and the number of serious violations is up. What's going on?

When the bank manager called Irene Loretto and told her that her 92-year-old friend Ruth Hughes, who suffered from dementia and lived in a Farmington assisted living facility, tried to cash $27,000 worth of checks and bought a $3,000 bedroom set, she knew something was amiss. Loretto, who had been granted power of attorney for her friend, immediately called Farmington police because she knew Hughes would not have spent that much money.

Connecticut's shift away from long-term care facilities exposed home care programs operating with little oversight. What has that meant for patients?

There’s the East Hartford man with dementia who tried to board a bus while wandering the neighborhood after his live-in aide overdosed on heroin. And there’s the Cromwell woman who realized her aide had rented and furnished an apartment using her stolen checkbook.

CT's shift away from long-term care facilities exposed home care programs operating with little oversight. What has that meant for patients?

Connecticut ranks 4th-highest in the nation in 85 and older population. The state's network of support systems for seniors is struggling.

Hospitals were granted expanded immunity from lawsuits during the height of COVID. But the case of a woman who died of heart failure is challenging the protection.