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A year after nursing home visits stopped, residents and families eager for reopening
CNN.com

'Just cruel at this point': Nursing homes push to reopen for visits, hugs after COVID-19 vaccine USAToday.com

California

Vaccination rates rise in nursing homes, but when will families be able to visit?
LA Times

The Essential Caregivers Coalition on how they are pushing to restore residents’ rights in long term care
KTLA

Connecticut

Advocates mark 1 year of restrictions for visitors at CT nursing homes, long-term care facilities
News 12 Connecticut

'By Their Side': Group Wants Yearlong COVID-19 Nursing Home Lockdown Lifted
Connecticut Public Radio, WNPR

‘Let families back in:’ Greenwich rally calls for expanding visits at nursing homes
Greenwich Time

Florida

Coronavirus: "Isolation kills, too"
Action News Jacksonville, CBS/FOX

'Isolation kills, too': Families push to visit their vaccinated loved ones in nursing home facilities
First Coast News

Families say isolation is deadly for nursing home patients, call for more access
Fox News 35 Orlando

A caregiver’s anguish as a friend and husband endured isolation | Commentary
Orlando Sentinel

Florida Families Protest COVID-19 Restrictions on Long-Term Care Facilities
News 13 Orlando

‘Isolation kills, too:’ Families of those in long-term care facilities fight for less restrictions
ClickOrlando.com

Illinois

“Caregivers for Compromise” advocate for residents of long-term care facilities
Heart of Illinois, ABC

CDC updates guidance on long-term care visits, but families say it is not enough
NBC 25 News

Bill aims to prevent isolation in long-term care facilities
KHQA.com

363 days in isolation: Families push for adapted visitation guidance in care facilities
News Channel 20

Kentucky
Local advocate says long-term care residents need more visitation rights during pandemic
Messenger-Inquirer

Maine
Feds recommend in-person visits at long-term care facilities
News Center Maine

Massachussetts
Vigil honoring elderly lives lost during COVID-19 held in Bridgewater
Boston 25 News

'I finally see light': Bridgewater vigil commemorates nursing home residents lost to COVID
The Enterprise

New Jersey
‘Isolation Kills, Too’: New Jersey Families Beg Governor To Loosen Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Restrictions
WLNY, CBS NY

Residents push for post-vaccine indoor visits at long-term care facilities
NJ Spotlight News

Advocates call for visitation plan for residents isolated due to COVID
CentralJersey.com

Time to let family back into nursing homes, NJ advocates say
New Jersey 101.5

North Carolina
‘Isolation is killing’: Families with loved ones in long-term care facilities take visitation concerns to Gov. Cooper
CBS17, NC

Woman with husband in memory care facility reflects on 1 year of visitor restrictions
WLOS.com

Rhode Island
‘We did everything we could, but we lost our mom’
Boston Globe

Tennessee
'It’s just cruel.' Advocates want visitor restrictions changed at long term care facilities
News Channel 5, Nashville

 

Press Release and Contacts

Contacts

 

National Event:
Mikko Cook, Essential Caregivers Coalition

National Organizations:
Mary Daniel, Caregivers for Compromise

Maitely Weismann, Essential Caregivers Coalition

Dexter Ciprián, Nursing Home Lives Matter

For individual state press contacts, reach out via the ‘Find Your State’ page.