Seven nursing homes will share in a $9 million round of grants meant to help them develop new ways of delivering care to elderly disabled adults outside of an institutional setting, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office announced.
The nursing homes will use the money to expand care options, create informational hotlines, establish home companion programs, expand hospice services and explore the possibility of establishing adult family homes, among other initiatives.
The grants are aimed at reducing the number of institutionalized beds in the state. The number of long-term care recipients in Connecticut is growing, and Medicaid spends $1.6 billion a year on institutional care, Malloy said.
The grants represent the first of three funding rounds, with a total of $25 million available.
First-round recipients include Southington Care Center, New Haven’s Mary Wade Home, Torrington’s Litchfield Woods Healthcare Center, Meriden’s Miller Memorial Community, West Hartford’s Hebrew Home and Hospital, West Hartford’s Hughes Health and Rehabilitation, and Fairfield’s Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County.
