CT DPH gets $700K to address nursing home, hospital complaints
The funds will help CT clear a backlog of nursing home and hospital complaints that dates back to 2019 and continues to grow each month.
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The funds will help CT clear a backlog of nursing home and hospital complaints that dates back to 2019 and continues to grow each month.
The bill would phase out three- and four-bed nursing home rooms in CT and aims to provide better oversight of the management companies.
The bill aims to ease the process for older Connecticut residents to remain in their homes, as seniors increasingly prefer to age in place.
The bill, which makes changes to CT’s home care and nursing home industry, follows CT Mirror reporting exposing gaps in elder care.
The bill includes more oversight of CT home care workers and create a way to speed up the process for accessing Medicaid, among other things.