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The Dispatch A Lexington woman was one of the first people vaccinated at home through Wake Forest Baptist Health's House Call Program.  Ruth Everhart, 92, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 11 at her home in Lexington.  The House Call Program provides home care to older patients who have trouble leaving their homes due to physical or cognitive limitations, according to a press release from Wake Forest Baptist Health.  Recently, the hospital began offering the COVID-19 vaccine to these patients who are 65 and older. Their caregivers will also be able to receive the v...

"We are so excited to get the vaccine. This week, there's been lots of excitement at the clinic, trying to figure out who's willing to get the vaccination and how we can get out to their home and give it," said Health Science Center's Kate Taylor, DNP, FNP-C, CPP. The house call team hopes to receive additional doses in the future to provide vaccinations to this extremely high-risk demographic in their own homes. "It's important to vaccinate the home-bound patients. They're the sickest. They have mobility problems, functional problems and aren't able to get out and get the vaccination," said ...

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