BY SUSAN JAFFE | CONNECTICUT HEALTH INVESTIGATIVE TEAM | SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 
While the deadly coronavirus seems to be subsiding in Connecticut for now, its impact on nursing homes has not. More than 6,700 beds are empty, and it may take many months of financial struggle before occupancy climbs back to pre-pandemic levels.
Of the approximately 200 nursing homes in Connecticut that receive payments from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income people, only 15 were
70% or less occupied in January, according to the Connecticut Health Investigative Team’s analysis of state data. By August, almost five times as many facilities saw occupancy drop to that level or less….
Owners say the state and federal governments aren’t doing enough to shore up their industry and protect residents during the pandemic. And in some cases, policies intended to control the virus can make things worse. [Continued here, with map and table of dangerously low occupancy nursing homes.]