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BUCK STOPS WITH BAKER? Gov. Charlie Baker is on the defensive after a stunning Boston Globe report that concluded he and his top health official “played key roles” in the events leading up to last spring’s deadly coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. ....

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One year after COVID outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers' Home, questions over accountability linger


One year after COVID outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, questions over accountability linger
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State Rep. Michael Finn recalls the last legislative breakfast he attended at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home before the pandemic.
It was January 2020, just weeks before an outbreak transformed the state-run facility for aging veterans into a frightening show of the power of COVID-19. The event featured the usual menu of coffee, scrambled eggs, retail politicking and speeches.
While the gathering hinted at nothing of what was to come, Finn, a six-term Democrat from West Springfield, noticed an odd dynamic: Bennett Walsh, superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home, and Francisco Ureña, the state’s secretary of veterans’ services, were pointedly ignoring each other. ....

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As Holyoke Soldiers' Home veterans await vaccine, feelings of frustration, isolation linger - Veterans


HOLYOKE, Mass. (Tribune News Service) All Francis “Skip” Hennessy wanted for Christmas was a ride home.
The 82-year-old U.S. Army veteran settled in at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke in late 2019. His mobility deteriorated after a fall. Mild dementia had taken hold. His daughter was comforted when her father won a bed at his twilight home of choice after 10 months on a waiting list.
Initially, his move to the state-run facility was a bit rough. Staff were caring, albeit a little scant. The rooms were slightly cramped and threadbare. But by Christmas 2019 Hennessy donned a Santa hat and joined in the home’s holiday festivities, according to his daughter, Erin Schadel. Guilt over placing her father in a nursing home was replaced by relief. ....

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