Updated Visitation Guidance
Click below for an update on our visitation plan, based on CT DPH and CDC guidance, effective 3/16/2021: Visitation Guidance (CT)… Continue reading
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RI Nursing Home Visitation – February 19, 2021
Rhode Island Guidance-for-Nursing-Home-and-Assisted-Living-Visitation Please see the link for the February 19, 2021 Rhode Island Guidance on Nursing Home Visitation https://athenahealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rhode-Island-Guidance-for-Nursing-Home-and-Assisted-Living-Visitation.pdf… Continue reading
MA Visitation Guidelines – February 19, 2021
COVID-19 Prev ProtocolsPostVaccinationLTCFamily Comm_2.23.21 Please see the link for the Massachusetts Visitation Guidelines for February 19, 2021 https://athenahealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/COVID-19-Prev-ProtocolsPostVaccinationLTCFamily-Comm_2.23.21.pdf… Continue reading
Bristol nursing home starts holiday pen pal program to spread cheer to residents
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/bristol-nursing-home-starts-holiday-pen-pal-program-to-spread-cheer-to-residents/amp/ BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — A nursing home in Bristol is making the holidays extra special for residents. The team at Countryside Manor of Bristol started a Christmas Pen Pals program, hoping to spread some cheer this year. “We went around to the residents and explained to them the idea and asked them if… Continue Reading Continue reading
Christmas Pen Pals: Bristol Nursing Home Accepting Letters For Residents
Christmas Pen Pals: Bristol Nursing Home Accepting Letters For Residents Will you be my Christmas pen pal? It’s a small request that’s had a big response. “You can tell that when the residents open up one of the letters, they get so happy. You can see that they’re reminded that people out there still care… Continue Reading Continue reading
Facility COVID Information Sheet
Please see the below for an Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility Sheet… Continue reading
Nursing Homes Expected to Receive 22,000 Vaccines in Initial Phase
Every week at Wadsworth Glen nursing home in Middletown, administrator Joseph Bray anxiously awaits for his residents’ COVID-19 point prevalence test results. “Sometimes it’s a little bit scary because if you don’t know what to expect,” Bray said. While his home has not seen a significant number of cases or deaths, he still recalls the… Continue Reading Continue reading
Families find ways to remember those lost to pandemic, celebrate those still with us this Thanksgiving
TORRINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — So many of us struggling, too many with empty place settings at the table this holiday. But News 8’s viewers are finding ways to celebrate safely, to remember those lost and to celebrate those still with us. At Athena Healthcare’s Valerie Manor nursing home in Torrington, families greet their loved ones… Continue Reading Continue reading
News 8 Exclusive: Torrington to reopen COVID only recovery center for nursing home patients
TORRINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — As the state falls deeper in the second COVID-19 wave, officials are scrambling to protect residents and staff inside nursing homes. News 8 was given an exclusive tour of Torrington Specialty Care and Rehabilitation, which just got word over the weekend that it should prepare to reopen as a COVID-ONLY recovery… Continue Reading Continue reading
Recovering while in recovery: Plymouth Rehab offers hope for patients with underlying substance issues
Paralyzed from the chest down by drug use, Alicia Barboza faced a difficult prognosis as doctors prepared her for spinal surgery in the summer of 2018. If the operation was a success, Barboza might regain her ability to walk in about a year. Little did she know that finding a place to rehabilitate would be… Continue Reading Continue reading
