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
Please see the below for an Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility Sheet… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
(CNN) – Elderly people in nursing homes and assisted living facilities around the country haven’t been able to hug a loved one in many months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, many are facing their first Thanksgiving and possibly Christmas without them. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/us/covid-19-nursing-homes/index.html &nbs… Continue reading
MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge across the state, frontline workers in Meriden are gearing up for battle yet again. The state has asked Athena Health Care to reopen its COVID-only recovery center there, as officials try to prevent a repeat of the spring when the virus ran rampant through nursing… Continue Reading Continue reading
State re-opening COVID recovery center in Meriden as cases surge When COVID only recovery centers opened in the Spring, the state was worried the hospitals would be overrun. MERIDEN, Conn. — Trying to avoid more nursing home outbreaks, the state is reopening one of their COVID recovery centers. At the same time, the operator of… Continue Reading Continue reading
August 11th, 2020 – Bristol, Connecticut – Countryside Manor of Bristol has been recognized as a 2020 recipient of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award for its commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care. The distinction is the first of three progressive award levels through the National Quality Award Program, presented… Continue Reading Continue reading
