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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
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