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