Covid Vaccines as an Amenity
Senior living communities around the country are offering vaccine access as an incentive for moving in.
Atria West 86, on the Upper West Side, is one of the senior living communities around the country offering early access to the Covid-19 vaccine to new residents.Credit.Katherine Marks for The New York Times
Feb. 11, 2021
Apartments at Atria West 86, a senior living community on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, start at $6,100 a month, with amenities that include a rooftop terrace, an in-house salon, town car service, and chef-prepared meals.
In a promotional email last month, the development added another feature: sign a lease within the next 10 days and get the Covid-19 vaccine in February.
Frustrations Boil at Pace of Vaccinations at Long-Term Care Facilities
The Trump administration raised hopes of a speedy process for nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Patience is wearing thin.
CVS has pledged to make at least initial vaccination visits by Jan. 25 to all the nursing homes it is working with.Credit.John Taggart for The New York Times
Jan. 16, 2021
In mid-December, a top Trump administration official floated an enticing possibility: All nursing home residents in the United States could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Christmas. “It’s really a remarkable, remarkable prospect,” Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, declared.
At 80, She Is the Defiant Editor of âThe Buzzâ
Many retirement communities have declined to name names during the pandemic. So she started a newsletter to do just that.
Diana Wiener, the editor of The Buzz, a newsletter she distributes among her retirement community.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
Jan. 14, 2021
Diana Wiener wanted information and was not getting it. So last May, at age 80, Ms. Wiener went into the news business.
âIâd had it with this whole secrecy thing,â she said the other day.
Ms. Wiener, a former furniture store owner, lives with her husband in the Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers, just north of New York City, a retirement community that provides multiple levels of care. When the novel coronavirus hit New York last spring, and the building management confined residents to their apartments, Ms. Wiener felt a frustration that has become common among those who live in buildings like hers. Residents had no idea which neighb
Some states are already expanding eligibility to people 65 and over, even though millions of people the C.D.C. recommends go first health care workers and nursing home residents have yet to get shots.