The legislature’s Appropriations Committee ran headfirst Tuesday into the state budget spending cap.
Poised to recommend a $51 billion budget for the next two fiscal years by the end of the day, the .
"The decision to close Hughes Health and Rehabilitation, Inc. comes after numerous attempts to revitalize the center’s declining census," the letter signed by President Sam Flaxman said
For many Connecticut nursing homes, the next few years will be about survival.
Along with unprecedented staffing shortages and less-than-ideal occupancy rates, nursing home operators are also facing a state Department of Social Services that is intent on “right-sizing” the industry by directing money away from nursing homes and toward home care programs.