The Little Sisters actually came to Connecticut in 1901 at the invitation of Most Rev. Michael Tierney, Bishop of Hartford. St. Andrew’s Home for the Elderly, near St. Raphael’s Hospital, opened in 1902. Close to 4,000 elderly men and women were cared for at that Home. But it was built for another era and deemed “out of conformity” when Medicare/Medicaid/Fire and Safety regulations came into the healthcare scene. The Little Sisters were faced with closing in 1971, but Providence intervened with the availability of an almost complete facility in Enfield CT.
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