Nursing homes are trying to bounce back from the COVID pandemic — hoping to bring in new residents, trying to hire new workers and pondering the cost of…
Thanks to numerous partnerships Capital Region BOCES maintains with area healthcare facilities, adult nursing students are taking part in clinical hours and joining the fight against COVID. More than 130 full- and part-time students in the BOCES program recently started their clinical hours at St. Peterâs Hospital, Van Rensselaer Manor, Shaker Place Rehabilitation & Nursing Center and Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
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Dec 21, 2020
Staff members and residents at nursing homes statewide are starting to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The initial doses of the Pfizer vaccine are going out today at Shaker Place Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Colonie.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy visited the site this morning and says the vaccine delivery was warmly received.
Each person who chooses to get vaccinated will receive two doses over a three week period.
It will likely be a few months before the vaccine is made available to all of the general public.
Dec 21, 2020
Staff members and residents at nursing homes statewide are starting to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The initial doses of the Pfizer vaccine are going out today at Shaker Place Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Colonie.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy visited the site this morning and says the vaccine delivery was warmly received.
Each person who chooses to get vaccinated will receive two doses over a three week period.
It will likely be a few months before the vaccine is made available to all of the general public.