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By Robert Kennedy Mar 5, 2021 3:47 AM KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – State health officials say nursing homes and longterm care facilities are proof the vaccination program is working. For the first time in months, there are no outbreak investigations scheduled for next week at any Wisconsin nursing homes, according to DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk. For over three weeks, most of the staff and residents at St. Paul Elder Services in Kaukauna have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “Overall, we are at a point where the worst of this is behind us, largely because of th...

Nursing homes make big push to change minds of workers who refused vaccination Bonuses, free TVs and paid time off are among the incentives nursing homes are offering to persuade staff members to get vaccinated. In nursing homes across the country, workers have been more reluctant than residents to be vaccinated. Chelsea Stahl / NBC NewsJan. 17, 2021, 9:30 AM GMT / Updated Jan. 21, 2021, 2:16 PM GMTBy Suzy Khimm The pandemic has taken a deadly toll on A.G. Rhodes Cobb, a nursing home on the outskirts of Atlanta. Twelve residents have died after contracting Covid-19. Forty-four staff mem...

Nursing homes make big push to change minds of workers who refused vaccination Suzy Khimm © Provided by NBC News The pandemic has taken a deadly toll on A.G. Rhodes Cobb, a nursing home on the outskirts of Atlanta. Twelve residents have died after contracting Covid-19. Forty-four staff members have fallen ill. But despite their up-close look at the virus's impact, most workers at the facility have been reluctant to get vaccinated. At the three clinics held last month at A.G. Rhodes Cobb and two other facilities in Georgia run by the same company, about 30 percent of staff me...

Print When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended last month that residents and staff of long-term care facilities be among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines, Sondra Norder breathed a sigh of relief. The president and CEO of St. Paul Elder Services in Wisconsin has seen 100 residents contract COVID-19 across her two campuses over the course of the pandemic. Twenty-eight have died. “The trauma we have been through, the isolation we have been through, the demand physically and mentally over the last 10 months — we’ve just been disproportionately impacted,”...

7:08 pm UTC Dec. 17, 2020 Show caption Hide caption Dan PowersFile/Sharon Cekada/The Post-Crescent Last fall, I marked my 25th anniversary with The Post-Crescent. It’s incredible how quickly time passes. I’ve spent close to half my life documenting the Fox Cities, Wisconsin and beyond. This journey has given me the privilege to tell the stories of so many. Over the years, I’ve covered plenty of high-profile events, including three Olympics, five Super Bowls and more Green Bay Packers games than I can remember. Those were all awesome, but my true passion lies in showing you the lives of ...