- Connecticut is asking nursing homes to accept COVID-19-positive patients discharged from hospitals as the state looks to alleviate the burden on the healthcare system during the latest wave of the pandemic.
- New guidance from the Connecticut Department of Public Health says post-acute care facilities, a category which includes nursing homes, should take in patients discharged from a hospital ‘regardless of COVID-19 status,’ according to a memo dated Jan. 6.
Connecticut asks nursing homes to accept hospital transfers with COVID-19