Two nursing homes closing amid losses

State seeks to help residents relocate amid pandemic

Nursing homes in New Britain and Waterbury are shutting their doors, forcing state officials to try to find new homes for about 25 residents during the middle of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nursing homes say they are closing because of millions of dollars in losses in recent years. One of the facilities that is closing is the Meridian Manor Health & Rehabilitation Center in Waterbury, one of only about 10 nursing homes in the state that is “COVID naive” or has not had any cases since the coronavirus pandemic began in the spring.

Nursing homes in New Britain and Waterbury are shutting their doors, forcing state officials to try to find new homes for about 25 residents during the middle of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nursing homes say they are closing because of millions of dollars in losses in recent years.

One of the facilities that is closing is the Meridian Manor Health & Rehabilitation Center in Waterbury, one of only about 10 nursing homes in the state that is “COVID naive” or has not had any cases since the pandemic began in the spring.

The other facility that is closing is Cassena Care at New Britain, which has had 71 coronavirus cases and 19 deaths, according to state Department of Public Health records.

Cassena, which is owned by New Britain Acquisitions 1 LLC, was the first in early October to notify state officials that it was going to close the 90-bed facility. There are still nine residents to be placed from that facility.

The state Department of Public Health is assisting staff at Meridian Manor with relocating the remaining residents to other nursing homes in the area. Meridian has 17 residents at its facility still.

“DPH is monitoring the discharges, there are currently 17 residents in the building, all negative for COVID thus far,” state Department of Public