Excellent Efforts To Improve Care In Connecticut

The Connecticut Mirror reported on a bill that overwhelmingly  passed the Connecticut House that does a lot to improve care for older Connecticut residents. House passes broad bill overhauling aspects of elder care sector notes that this ” legislation overhauling the state’s elder care system, including requiring more oversight of home care workers, creating a speedier process for accessing Medicaid, and launching a registry to make it easier for consumers to find caregivers.” Further it “creat[es] an online registry of employees, requir[es] home care workers to wear badges with their name and picture, and creat[es] a presumptive eligibility program for people who need to access Medicaid quickly and want care at home.”

Nice to see some positive legislation.

P.S.

Leaving the East Coast of the U.S. to the Midwest, did you happen to catch this story from Wisconsin?  The Associated Press ten days ago reported on this story Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting. This story arose as a result of an interview where the candidate was opining about residents of nursing homes having the ability to vote.  The background and more details can be found here.