Waterbury nursing home residents, caregivers push back against plan to close facility
09/19/24 at 03:00 AM
Waterbury nursing home residents, caregivers push back against plan to close facility
NBC Waterbury, CT; by Amanda Pitts; 9/17/24
A nursing home in Waterbury could close in less than 30 days after losing its federal funding. Abbott Terrace Health Center is home to 180 people and employs 287 caregivers, who are newly unionized and pushing back against the closure. ... The funding was pulled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) after the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) found that the facility didn’t meet safety requirements. It has left residents to find a new place to live and caregivers to find a new place to work.