Patients need them But there s a shortage of low-paid home health aides in N J
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Vaccinations lag for home health workers
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Vaccinations Lag for Home Health Workers
Ruth Caballero, a nurse with The Visiting Nurse Service of New York, puts on personal protective equipment before entering a patient’s apartment in upper Manhattan. Nurses and aides who work in people’s homes are less likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine than their counterparts who work in other settings.
John Minchillo
The Associated Press
Gaudy Baez-Montero, 41, works full-time in Massachusetts as a personal care aide for an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. She wants to get a COVID-19 vaccine to protect herself and the child, but she’s struggling to get an appointment.