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Nursing Home Resident With Swallowing Disorder Chokes To Death

A Danbury nursing home has been fined $1,040 by the state in connection with the death of a resident who choked on a meatball. The state Department of Public Health imposed the fine against the Danbury Health Care Center on March 12 after the January choking death.

Nursing Home Disclosure Bill: Transparency Or Intrusion?

The state’s nursing homes call it excessive and intrusive. The Malloy administration calls it a move towards transparency.

103 Times: Women’s Pleas For Help Went Unmet

On any given day, 350 advocates work to help victims of domestic violence in Connecticut. But because of shrinking funds, Connecticut has 10 less domestic violence workers this year, and most of those lost jobs were in direct services – the critical part of programs designed to meet the needs of a domestic violence victim who’s worked up the guts to call a hotline number.

Autism Treatment For Under-Threes Is Key, But Diagnosis Is Tough

Most children with autism are well past their fourth birthday by the time they’re diagnosed with the condition, according to new government data. Their parents and teachers may have raised red flags earlier, but it takes months or years to confirm suspicions with a formal diagnosis. And therapy rarely starts without one.

Event Set To Raise Awareness About Advance Directives

More than two-thirds of Americans have thought about their end-of-life preferences – yet fewer than a third have so-called living wills. Connecticut health care activists are hoping to help close that gap by joining in this year’s “National Healthcare Decisions Day” April 16, with a “call to action” event at the state Capitol.