The state Department of Public Health issued an “immediate jeopardy” order to a Newtown nursing home owned by Athena Health Care Systems, indicating that the state found conditions at the facility that could cause serious harm or death.
Your Turn: Remembering Mildred Cardoza, Norwich’s oldest Cape Verdean
Mildred Cardoza, right, is pictured with Father Russell Kennedy, former priest at St. Mary Church, and her sister-in-law Jeanette Cardoza. (photo submitted)
Published February 02. 2021 2:22PM
Roberta J. Vincent, Special to The Times
Known to all as Millie, Mildred Cardoza was born on Aug. 13, 1920, and celebrated her 100th birthday at Three Rivers Healthcare in Norwich, where she was a resident for nine years.
Due to the COVID outbreak, she was presented with a proclamation from Congressman Joe Courtney without any fanfare. When this facility closed, she was transferred to Norwich Town Rehab & Care, where she passed away on Dec. 30.
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The latest weekly report from the state tallies every nursing home in Connecticut with residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, along with corresponding data related to the number of cases and fatalities among residents in each facility. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT There have been 120 new confirmed deaths among nursing home residents attributed to the coronavirus in Connecticut, according to the latest weekly update released Thursday by the state Department of Public Health. Another 483 residents have tested positive for the virus in the past recording period, from Dec. 30, 2020 through Jan. 5, 2021.
Across the state s assisted living facilities, there have been nine new resident deaths due to COVID-19, and 67 more have tested positive in the same recording period.
It is just one of the heart wrenching byproducts of the pandemic. The inability to visit loved ones in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. With the Covid-19 vaccine only weeks away though, there is hope. Among the first people scheduled to get the Covid-19 vaccine are nursing home residents and staff members. December 12th to December 28th is the… Christmas Dec 12, 2020
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 for them and no one has forgotten about them,” said Countryside Manor of Bristol.