Nursing home residents are receiving the COVID vaccination at a higher rate than their caretakers
The Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials.
Nursing home residents have received the COVID-19 vaccination at a higher rate than their caretakers during the first round of vaccinations – a troubling trend for state officials and providers who are hoping additional employees will get vaccinated during the second round now underway.
As of Jan. 14, a total of 13,965 nursing home residents have received a vaccination, compared to 13,275 nursing home employees, according to state Department of Public Health data.
The number of nursing home residents and workers can fluctuate daily, but as of Dec. 31 the state estimated there were about 17,000 people living in nursing homes meaning up to 82 percent of residents have received a vaccination so far. State officials and long-term care providers estimate there are about 26,000 nursing home employees, putting their vaccination rate at barely
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Nine grueling months into the pandemic, nursing home workers and operators say they’re feeling some relief with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines.
“Everybody wants to get back to the lives we had before, so the vaccine is a great step toward that,” said Sophia Walker, a registered nurse at The Reservoir nursing home in West Hartford.
Walker was among the first nursing home workers in Connecticut and in the country to get a COVID-19 vaccine through a federal program with CVS and Walgreens Friday morning.
Connecticut, as well as Ohio and Florida, were tapped to begin vaccinations early. A broader national launch of the program starts Monday.
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