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Residents of assisted living facilities are one of the most vulnerable groups to infection, serious illness and death from COVID-19 so much so, they were placed at the top of the priority list along with nursing home residents and health care workers.
But nearly three months after a vaccine became available, some in assisted living in Wisconsin still haven t finished their two-dose vaccine series. Wisconsin was one of the last states to start giving shots in earnest to assisted living residents, and by that time, the state was already moving on to lower priority groups.
That has left residents and family members baffled and wondering what led to the delay for assisted living facilities when the endeavor was, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
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Vaccines go mobile to keep seniors from slipping through the cracks
A mobile strike team is bringing vaccines to some of Northern California’s most vulnerable residents along with a message: This is how you avoid dying from covid-19.
So far, that message has been met with both nervous acceptance and outbursts of joy from a population that has been ravaged by the disease. One 68-year-old pastor, who lives in a racially diverse, low-income senior housing complex, rolled down his sleeve after his shot and said he wants to live to see 70 just to spite the government.
The team of county nurses and nonprofit workers is targeting Contra Costa County residents who are eligible for covid vaccines but have been left out: residents of small assisted-living facilities that haven t yet been visited by CVS or Walgreens, and occasionally people who live in low-income senior housing. The retail pharmacy giants have a federal government contract to administer vaccines in most long-term care