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Unfilled caregiver openings more than doubled at a senior care facilities across Minnesota since last spring, forcing 70 percent of nursing homes to cap admissions

IRON RANGE - The number of long-term care and assisted living residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is on the rise, with local facilities reporting that the majority have received the shot. That’s good news for people residing in those locations, where populations have been hit hard with coronavirus outbreaks and deaths. In Hibbing, Shane Roche, administrator of Guardian Angels Health and Rehab Center, said last week that 95 percent of the 60 residents here have received the Moderna vaccine. Just under 70% of the staff members have been vaccinated. Marc Halpert, COO of Mona...