Once the elders have been vaccinated, how long before you can meet (and hug) them?
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Once the elders have been vaccinated, how long before you can meet (and hug) them?New York Times
Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 11:16 AM IST
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Family members are hopeful that before too long, they will return to visiting parents and grandparents and other loved ones regularly again.
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The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines both require two injections the initial shot and a booster three or four weeks later. Von Preyss-Friedman recommends waiting at least two weeks after the second shot to have a visit.
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Facilities must track down some resident’s relatives or attorneys, which could take days or weeks (REUTERS)
More than 3 million elderly and infirm residents of nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities may face delays in getting coronavirus vaccines as the facilities confront the difficult task of obtaining consent, which consumer advocates, operators and some health officials say should have been simplified and started earlier by the federal government.
Obtaining consent presents one of the toughest hurdles as officials mobilise to inoculate residents of these facilities, many of whom have dementia or Alzheimer s disease.
Facilities must track down relatives or attorneys in those cases, which could take days or weeks. In some instances, they may need to resolve disputes when family members disagree on whether their loved ones should receive a vaccine.