Aging Committee Nursing Home Working Group Meeting 2/20

Working group on nursing home bed configurations · February 20, 2026

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Advocate opens with residents' testimony on shared rooms

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Unidentified Speaker (advocate) read multiple residents' quotes describing loss of privacy and dignity in multi‑bed rooms and argued state and federal law require a home‑like environment; called for limiting rooms to two beds and urged immediate prioritization of resident choice. Introduced handouts and photos for the record.

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Working group hearing in Connecticut on implementing a two‑bedroom maximum in nursing homes: advocates pressed for resident dignity and privacy while providers warned of steep bed reductions, occupancy and financing challenges; agencies and industry agreed to continue technical meetings.

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