Press
National
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
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.
Press Release
For Immediate Release
UPDATED 3/9/21: 17 STATES NOW JOINED AND CDC ANNOUNCES NO MORE MASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING INDOORS FOR THE VACCINATED, DOES NOT APPLY TO LONG TERM CARE