Wodatch speaks at Representative Martinez’s press conference on nurse safety and medication administration rates
May 14, 2025
Last Thursday May 8th, Representative Rebecca Martinez (also a behavioral health home health nurse) hosted a press conference to focus on some key support to healthcare at home concerns and asks—nurse safety and Medicaid funding to support community-based, cost-effective care for those with behavioral health challenges.
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Catch Our CEO Tracy Wodatch on This Week in
Connecticut This Sunday
May 4, 2025
Catch our CEO Tracy Wodatch on This Week in Connecticut with Dennis House this Sunday at 10 a.m.! She’s
breaking down the importance of home health care and what we’re asking lawmakers to do this session.
Watch here: This Week in
Connecticut
A crossroads for care at home in
CT
February 22, 2025
Most people don’t think about receiving care in their own homes — until they or their loved ones need it. But
for thousands of seniors, individuals with disabilities, and people recovering from illness across Connecticut,
home-based care is the key to staying in their homes, surrounded by family and familiar comforts. Unfortunately,
this essential lifeline is now at risk: the agencies that provide home care are struggling to survive because
state funding has not kept up with the rising cost of providing care.
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more on CTPost
A look at CT’s health care priorities for the 2024
legislative session
January 18, 2024
Legislators have several health care initiatives they hope to push for this year, although fiscal constraints
may be more vexing than the time restrictions in a short session
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more on CT Mirror
Connecticut state senator vows change after
visiting nurse’s death
December 15, 2023
State Sen. Martha Marx (D-District 20) vows to champion the cause of nurse safety. She said she understands
the urgency to shield health care warriors from threats.
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Association Holds Vigil to Honor Life of Joyce
Grayson
November 28, 2023
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, exactly one month after the murder of home health nurse Joyce Grayson, over 150 people
gathered for a vigil at the State Capitol to honor Joyce Grayson’s life, offer support to the home care
providers and promise to push for stronger protections and safety during home care visits.
Carefully chosen songs and readings were shared by several hospice counseling support staff. Nearly 30
nurses from the CT Nurses Honor Guard paid special tribute to Grayson’s life as a nurse while recognizing all
nurses present. The Reverend Jane Newall (pastor at Joyce Grayson’s church in Brooklyn) offered words of
comfort, and several legislators shared their condolences and vowed to move legislation to ensure the safety of
our home care providers making visits in the community.
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