Tens of thousands of middle-aged sons and daughters caring for parents and older relatives with serious ailments but too young to qualify for a vaccine themselves are terrified of becoming ill and wondering when they can get protected against the coronavirus.
Veterans enrolled in VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) program are receiving COVID-19 vaccines in their homes.
Air Force Veteran Bill Schenker received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 26 in his home. His wife and caregiver, Lois, also received her first dose of the vaccine. She was eligible as a caregiver in VA’s Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).
Bill Schenker served in the Air Force from 1969 to 1972 as a C-130 aircraft mechanic. He was stationed all over the world, including Langley Air Force Base in the U.S. and overseas in Thailand, Vietnam, Germany and England.
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