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Nursing homes report COVID-19 deaths By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
Seven local nursing homes report that 27 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and five have died from the disease, according to information released by the state last week. As of April 14, the highest number of
cases was at Montowese Health and Rehabilitation Center in North Haven, which reported 10 active cases and two deaths. The Curtis Home of Meriden reported six infected patients and one death, the Quinnipiac Valley Center in Wallingford reported six cases and one death, The Summit at Plantsville reported three cases and one death, Skyview Reha-
bilitation and Nursing in Wallingford living facility Ashlar Village, which had one resident test positive, and isn’t represented in the data. no deaths and Elim Park of Cheshire Statewide, there are 375 reported reported one case and no deaths. deaths in nursing homes to date, acThe figures were supplied by the De- counting for nearly 40 percent of the state’s total fatalities. The number of partment of Public Health. residents testing positive is 1,713, Masonicare of Wallingford has rewhich represents about 11 percent ported two cases of coronavirus infection and one death at its assisted-
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Cicarella running for Fasano’s seat By Lauren Takores Record-Journal staff
North Haven business owner Paul Cicarella Jr. is seeking the Republican nomination for the state Senate seat to be vacated by Len Fasano. Fasano, R-North Haven, announced earlier this month he would not be seeking a 10th term representing the 34th District of East Haven, North Haven, Durham and Wallingford.
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Hope Christian Church donated a portion of supplies to the North Haven Food Bank. Over the past two weeks, more North Haven’s C.E.R.T. team assisted in transporting the than 73,000 pounds of nonperishable food supplies have goods to the pantry and church members unloaded been delivered by Convoy of and separated the food. Hope to the New England region. Thirty-five Assemblies of For more information on ConGod churches, from Brookvoy of Hope, visit convoyfield to Boston, have received of hope.org. these supplies and are helping to meet critical needs in their — Press Release
Cicarella, 36, is vice chairman of the North Haven Republican Town Cicarella Committee and a member of the North Haven Zoning Board of Appeals. Cicarella said in a statement that he has “long admired” Fasano’s dedication to the people and business owners of his district. ”I understand what it takes to work hard and serve others,” he said. “I’m a team player who knows how to build relationships and work together for the good of the district and the entire State of Connecticut … I want to be the kind of leader who listens to the people of the district and advocates on their behalf and acts accordingly.” Fasano, currently the Senate Republican President Pro Tempore, endorsed Cicarella in statements provided by Cicarella’s campaign and confirmed by Fasano Tuesday. See Cicarella, A3
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of all coronavirus cases.
“The data continues to show that COVID-19 is making its way indiscriminately into nursing homes in Connecticut and across the nation,” he said. “This means that nursing home operators and employees who are doing all the right things will have to battle the virus through no fault of their own.”
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State health care officials have said the nursing homes have the capability to isolate COVID-19 patients who don’t need to be hospitalized from the rest of the nursing home population.
Athena, which owns the Sharon and Bridgeport nursing homes and is managing the two formerly vacant buildings, said COVID-19 positive residents began arriving at the Sharon location Thursday, according to The Connecticut Mirror.
“There are a lot of stakeholders involved and this is a very complicated environment … very at-risk patients, getting all the right frameworks in place, the right financial models in place,” he said. “Also … we’re still learning new things. We had to take a change of direction about a week or a week and a half ago, when the CDC updated their guidance to indicate that COVID-19 could be transmitted up to 48 hours before someone starts exhibiting symptoms. That changed the plan significantly in terms of what we can assume and what we should not assume relative to our existing population.”
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Matthew Barrett, president and CEO of the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, defended nursing home operators and staff in a recent interview with The Connecticut Mirror.
The state designated four sites for the sick residents. Two are existing nursing homes — the Sharon Health Care Center and the Northbridge Health Care Center in Bridgeport — and two are defunct facilities that are being cleaned and reopened. In addition to Westfield in Meriden, the state also reopened a center in Torrington.
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The Department of Public Health released the nursing home data amid pressure for transparency from family members and the media. The state’s records show 108 facilities, or over half of the state’s nursing homes, with at least one COVID-19 positive result. Nursing homes in Waterbury and in Fairfield County had case counts in the double digits.
The facilities are part of a plan by nursing home leaders and the state to separate residents suffering from the virus from healthy ones.
Asked by The Connecticut Mirror April 16 why it took more than a month to get the facilities ready, Josh Geballe, Lamont’s chief operating officer, pointed to the complexity of arranging separate nursing homes and said a shift in guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also delayed efforts.
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The release of the information comes as the state struggles to open recovery centers for nursing home patients testing positive for COVID-19. The Quinnipiac Valley Center in Wallingford was recently renovated to accept 34 patients, but the vacant Westfield Rehab Center in Meriden has no timeline for opening, state officials said this week. Masonicare has transformed vacant space at its Wallingford facility into a COVID-19 treatment and recovery center that can accept about 15 patients.
has begun accepting COVID-19-positive residents and a second facility — in Bridgeport — will begin welcoming those residents Monday, officials said.
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“Paul has deep roots in the 34th district,” Fasano said. “A family man, a common sense thinker and a dedicated leader, he is the right person to further my work in the General Assembly.” Cicarella graduated from East Haven High School and is a resident of North Haven, along with his wife, Christy Cicarella, their two children.
Cicarella is a member of the East Haven and Greater New Haven chambers of commerce. He volunteers with organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. A sponsor and coach of youth athletics, Cicarella was awarded the 2017 MADD Community Service Award and was inducted into the East Haven Alumni Association Hall of Fame for his wrestling
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For safety reasons, the North Haven Garden Club’s annual May Market Fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, May 9 has been cancelled. The garden club hopes to have a fall festival in September which will feature perennials Art of Aging from members’ gardens and The Agency on Aging of vendors. South Central Connecticut is seeking artists age 60 and over for its annual art exhiCareer services bition. The Art of Aging exhibition will be “hung” on Goodwill of Southern New the agency’s website and will England is offering virtual,
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Community grants The North Haven Rotary Club is accepting applications for its 2020 community grants program. This grant money comes from club fundraisers throughout the year, and is intended for area organizations and projects that benefit their community. See Briefs, A6
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The North Haven Republican Town Committee holds monthly meetings the second Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., at its headquarters, 444R Washington Ave. The public is invited to attend. Meetings for April and May were cancelled.
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The curbside bulk pick-up scheduled for April has been postponed due to concerns related to the COVID19 virus. The new dates for the collection program will be the last two full weeks in June: June 15 through June 26. Residents can place items at the curb by 5 a.m. on their designated trash collection day.
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Cardona: School closure decision coming soon By Matthew Zabierek Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN — State Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona said Tuesday, April 14 that he expects to announce whether schools will remain closed beyond May 20 in the next “two or three weeks,” adding that he envisions schools will open slowly and gradually whenever the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. “It’s probably going to be phased in, it’s probably not going to be one moment we’re not there, the next day we’re business as usual,” Cardona told the RecordJournal in a remote interview broadcast live on Facebook. “It’s going to be a gradual phase-in process, but a lot of those decisions are going to be made based on what we have available to us in terms of knowing whether or not people are carrying (the virus), the rate of transmission,” said Cardona, a city native who worked his way through the ranks in the Meriden school system, from an elementary school teacher to assistant superintendent, before being appointed education commissioner last year. In announcing the decision to close schools through May 20, Cardona said he
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While other states, like Pennsylvania and Vermont, have already moved to close schools through the 2019-20 school year, Cardona said not doing so preserves flexibility. “It’s much more difficult, as you might imagine, to engage in any type of schoolrelated activity if the cancellation was extended into the summer already. We did communicate that night that there’s a likelihood that classes will be canceled further, but we’re going to make that decision when the time is right,” Cardona said, adding additional closures will be announced well before May 20. The decision to reopen will be made in consultation with state and federal health guidance, Cardona said. “Make no mistake — this is a public health decision,” he said. “We’re not going to send kids to school if there’s a risk that there’s going to be high transmission because not only do we have to worry about the students but we have to worry about the families that they go home to, we have to worry about our staff members that might have weakened immune systems.”
When schools are ready to reopen, Cardona anticipates many families and staff members will be anxious about returning, and he said the state plans to work and communicate with those parties.
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for some and lack of opportunities for others. We have to learn from this, and we have to get better because of “Sadly, (distance learning) this, and I’m confident that, has exacerbated the gaps … I as an education community, talked to students in a very we’re going to be stronger low resource community after this, and we’re going to who waited two to three take the lessons that we weeks to hear from anyone “As a father, I have to make learn, unfortunately, the about how to engage in that decision too when I hard way, and we’re going to send my kids off to school or learning. I spoke to students make sure the educational in a community that (has I drop them off — I have to experience in Connecticut is know that they’re safe,” said more resources), and they better than ever after we redid not miss a beat, so it ex- cover.” Cardona, whose two children attend Meriden acerbated gaps. I don’t have to tell you if you saw the schools. What challenges does distance learning pose to stunews about health dispari“I know that’s an area that ties, black and brown people dents with disabilities and we’re all going to accept dif- are more likely to get the how can the state address ferently,” he said. “I would coronavirus, and sadly, black those? imagine that families that people are more likely to die have experienced loss or dif- from it. So the impact of the “It poses significant chalferent traumas are going to lenges. I’ve been thinking coronavirus will be felt for about our students with sigbe a little more reticent to generations … I think we nificant special needs, who, send their children back … have to understand that We’re going to do our very when things get back to nor- even if they had a laptop, it doesn’t really meet their best to not only ensure that mal, we have to double the environment is safe, but down on our efforts to adneeds. That’s extremely challenging, and we have that we’re communicating dress inequities, and we’re openly how we know that in- doing that now. Two or three struggled to try to provide a formation.” weeks ago, we were engaged quick solution to that. A month ago, we might have Discussions have already be- in conversations with (phisaid, ‘Well, maybe we could lanthropic donors), and I’m gun at the state level about do one-on-one sessions.’ where testing and other fac- really happy to share that a Now we’re trying to stay purchase was made of tors will need to be before home and stay safe to preofficials feel comfortable re- 60,000 laptops for students in communities that are less vent the spread, so that’s not opening schools. a viable option. In some casresourced.” es, some districts are able to The interview with Cardo a Zoom conference and dona, which can be watched How will this experience provide speech therapy or change education going on the Record-Journal’s different types of therapies forward, what lessons can Facebook page, covered a online, but for some of our you learn? wide range of effects the neediest learners, that pandemic has had on edu“All education is going to be doesn’t work. So we have to cation in Connecticut, indifferent moving forward. continue to be creative. We cluding the state’s distance We can’t think for a minute know that the road to recovlearning plan. Here’s a sam- that this impact that we’ve ery will require that we work ple of more questions and had in the last month and a to meet the needs of those answers, some of which are half or two months won’t learners who had gaps in trimmed for space. change how we do schooling their learning, and those moving forward. We learned gaps in their learning are How has distance learning quickly how (closing schools affected the state’s socioedown) creates opportunities See Cardona, A8
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Fire department shares spring home safety tips Chief Paul Januszewski and the North Haven Fire Department would like to provide some seasonal safety tips for residents given approaching warmer weather and the fact that many people are following the stay-at-home advisory during the COVID-19 health crisis.
"As spring rolls around and the cold weather fades, people often begin to clean out their homes and garages," Januszewski said. "The North Haven Fire Department asks residents to take a few moments durSee Tips, A14
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much more significant because they haven’t had the benefit of some distance learning … Additionally, we have to do work for our English learners. Many of our students are receiving content in English, and they may not even speak English yet, so there’s a lot of work that we’re doing.” What message do you have for teachers and parents trying to help their children process changes and stress brought on by the pandemic? “It’s very difficult to wrap your head around it. Not only are we providing guidance for our students, but we’re also dealing with it ourselves. We’re human too, and we’re worried about
loss, we’re worried about protecting the people we love. So it’s OK to not have answers. It’s OK to not be able to meet everyone else’s needs. Take care of yourself. There’s that whole analogy when you’re on an airplane, you put on your oxygen mask first before you help someone else. Similarly, for educators and parents, it’s OK, take care of yourselves. You’re going to be better for your children.” “For teachers, kids just need a connection right now. They need to know that we’re going to get past this together, that you’re there for them. The learning, the math, the reading — that’s important. But let’s not overlook the most important piece, which is that human connection that I think we’re all longing for in this time of crisis.”
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Recovery center may accept patients this week By Matthew Zabierek Record-Journal staff
dents can stay temporarily after being discharged from the hospital.
MERIDEN — A COVID-19 recovery center opening at the former Westfield Rehab nursing facility on Westfield Road will initially accept up to 30 patients and could eventually house up to 120.
A North Haven nursing home, Montowese Health & Rehabilitation Center, has received approval to operate the recovery center at the former Westfield facility, which closed months back The temporary recovery cen- due to years of financial ter at 65 Westfield Road, one losses. Apple Rehab, which of several approved by the owned and operated Weststate, will act as a transition field and still owns the facility where COVID-19 building, is leasing it to positive nursing home resiMontowese.
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outside each sleeping area, on every level of the home, and in other locations where required by applicable laws, codes or standards. For the best protection, interconnect all CO alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound.
Montowese, at 163 Quinnipiac Ave. in North Haven, is owned by Athena Health Care Systems, which has already opened two other recovery centers, in Sharon and Bridgeport, with a third expected to open in Torrington this week. Tim Brown, Athena’s director of marketing and communications, said the company doesn’t know exactly when the Meriden facility will begin accepting patients, but said it wouldn’t sure everyone inside the home is accounted for. Call for help from a fresh air location and stay in that spot until emergency personnel arrive. Develop and practice a home escape plan with all members of the household.
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for COVID-19 on two separate tests taken 24 hours or more apart before being transferred back to their original nursing home.
The consent order also spells out staffing requirements, including nurse-topatient ratio requirements for different shifts.
“There was obviously some concern that we’ve gotten from members from the community,” Mayor Kevin Scarpati said, “and DPH has assured us they’re going to be making their presence known there, and they will be conducting inspections.”
During its busiest shifts, the facility will be required to DPH did not return requests According to a consent order maintain one licensed nurse for comment. issued by the state, once the for every 15 patients and one Meriden facility has 30 paThe state is requiring facility aide for every 10 patients. tients, it will be able to add staff to hold weekly confer30 more patients at a time ence calls with DPH to disLocal concern with written permission cuss capacity, staffing, perThe nursing facility on West- sonal protective equipment from the state until a maxifield Road is located in a resi- and other issues. City Manmum capacity of 120 is dential area, causing concern ager Tim Coon said the city is reached. among nearby homeowners.
lobbying to participate in the weekly calls. “It’s not a perfect scenario,” Scarpati said, “and there’s a lot of information we’ve just learned over the last 24 hours, but we’re taking the state on their word that they’re going to hold the facility accountable.” The consent order requires the facility to designate a registered nurse as “the infection control nurse,” who will be responsible for the day-today operation of an “infection control and surveillance program.” The order also re-
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Friday, April 24, 2020
This month, the Record-Journal launched its COVID-19 Local News Fund, and the community has stepped up with generous donations and inspiring words For 153 years you, our community, have supported the Record-Journal by purchasing subscriptions and advertising. We appreciate and thank you all sincerely for that support. We wouldn’t be able to do what we do every day without you. For 153 years our news team has been dedicated to providing trusted, fact-based local news about our towns, schools, businesses, government, families, non-profits, events, celebrations, deaths and so much more. They are doing so right now mostly from home, and sometimes risking their own health to gather the news that we all need. As a public service, we are providing all coronavirus coverage for free on myrecordjournal.com, where our audience has spiked significantly since this began.
When we launched our COVID-19 Local News Fund, we stepped out of our comfort zone. Today, in this unique and challenging time, we are asking for a little extra support from all of you to help us through this devastating temporary situation. We’ve never asked for donations before but it’s easy to set stubborn pride aside for one simple reason: We’re passionate about local news and our commitment to factchecked, professionally-reported journalism.
For 153 years our responsibility has been to provide you with trusted local news and we take that responsibility very seriously. Because we are financially challenged right now, we feel it is also our responsibility to ask you to help us help our community. Every dollar raised goes directly to the Record-Journal newsroom to help pay for news resources and restore hours to provide more local fact-based reporting during this critical time.
A HUGE thank you to the more than 100 supporters who’ve contributed so far! Your heartwarming comments motivate and inspire us as we cover the impact of the virus on our local community.
For 153 years we’ve been here for the community and you’ve been here for us. Thank you for continuing to support us so we can all get through this together. Thank you, Liz White, Publisher
Truly grateful for our readers In this time of extraordinary difficulty, the Record-Journal is the only way that everyone in our communities can get a true sense of how we all must pull together. This paper has always been the Community leader through difficult times. We’re grateful you’re there now and want to support your efforts. Steve & Cathy Knight ....................
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Keep up the reporting on important issues facing the city of Meriden and the state of Connecticut. Michael Cardona ....................
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