After nursing home crises, states target private equity’s role

By: Anna Claire Vollers

Outlets: Stateline

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 1,919

Last Updated: 2 days, 18 hours ago

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Nearly 200 residents at the St. Joseph’s Center nursing home in the affluent Connecticut suburb of Trumbull were evacuated last year after Legionella bacteria was found in the facility’s water system. Two months later, they were evacuated again over critical failures in the building’s fire safety systems.

Three years earlier, residents at another Connecticut nursing home, the Quinnipiac Valley Center, were relocated after two resident deaths triggered a state health investigation.

The nursing homes were …

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