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Edith Cecilia ‘Edie’ (Abrahamson) Sullivan, 85, of Hartford, died peacefully on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at the Avery Heights nursing facility after a long struggle with dementia. Edie was born April 10, 1935 in Dorchester, MA. She was the daughter of the late Knut and Anna Cecelia (Carlsen) Abrahamson who emigrated to the U.S. from […]
FRIEDLI, R. Joan R. Joan (Fowler) Friedli, 79, of Newington, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, (April 24, 2005). She was the beloved wife of the late William M. Friedli. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Robert O. and Ruth G. Fowler. Born in Hartford, she was a Newington resident for over 50 […]
In Connecticut, our elders are in jeopardy of losing their homes in long term care. The community must come together and support our elderly.
The closure of Hughes Health & Rehabilitation, a 5-star facility, is partly due to a shift to home and community-based care, its owner said.
For the last six years, Jeannette Crowe has called the Hughes Health and Rehabilitation Center home. The 84-year-old with multiple sclerosis expected to die at the five-star facility, surrounded by the staff that has become like family. But all that changed last month, when Sam Flaxman — the grandson of the man who bought the West Hartford building in 1961 and turned it into a 170-bed long-term care home — walked into a meeting with the 81 residents still living at Hughes to make a stunning announcement: The nursing home was closing.