Pamplin Media Group - Senior care residents, employees receive vaccines
December 21 2020 Elderly residents of long-term care facilities received vaccine doses this week after health care workers took top priority. Oregon-based Consonus Pharmacy dispensed the new COVID-19 vaccine to a Portland-area senior living facility Monday, Dec. 21. Consonus Pharmacy is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The partnership program offers on-site vaccinations to nursing home and assisted living facility residents. Staff and residents at long-term care facilities were slated to be second in line to receiv...