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Of the dozens of patients Dr. Jim Yates has treated for COVID-19 at his long-term care center in rural Alabama, this one made him especially nervous.
Delayed shipments of antibody doses are putting residents’ lives at risk after federal authorities barred direct orders of the drugs, LTC clinicians say.
Critics say a change in federal policy limits supplies for the vulnerable population of frail and elder residents.
Not enough CNY nursing home workers get Covid-19 shots; ‘We are in race against time’ Updated 10:30 AM; Today 10:30 AM Christopher Bumpus, director of nursing at Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Syracuse, gets a Covid-19 vaccination on Dec. 21, 2020. N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.comN. Scott Trimble | strimble@syra Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. — Nearly 40% of Central New York nursing home employees are still not vaccinated against Covid-19, four months after the government made them a top priority in its massive vaccine roll-out. While 87% of Central New York nursi...
Pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS have been vaccinating long-term care residents and staff since December. Now, that program is coming to an end. Both Walgreens and CVS are wrapping up their third and final vaccine clinics in the coming weeks. But where do long-term care facilities go from here? Staff turnover is high, and new caregivers will need the vaccine; so will new residents. David Voepel is the CEO of the Arizona Health Care Association. "So we're hoping that in the very near future, this turns into [something] like a flu vaccine for us," he said. "So that we call our long-...