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Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. Kinney Drugs will partner with the Association on Aging in New York to provide a 10-week, 21-County pilot program providing community-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics for seniors aged 65 and older. During the pilot, local NYS Offices for the Aging will provide telephone-based assistance for seniors to make appointments for these clinics only. To date, COVID-19 vaccination appointments have been available almost exclusively through online scheduling systems. As a result, seniors who have challenges accessing and/or using technology have been unable to secure COVID-19 vaccination appointments statewide. The pilot program will test a simple and practical solution aimed at filling this gap. Together, Kinney, the Association on Aging in NY, and local Offices for the Aging will provide this much-needed service for some of the most vulnerable people.
Kinney Drugs logo provided by Kinney Drugs. GOUVERNEUR, NY – Kinney Drugs will partner with the Association on Aging in New York to provide a 10-week, 21-County pilot program providing community-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics for seniors aged 65 and older. During the pilot, local NYS Offices for the Aging will provide telephone-based assistance for seniors to make appointments for these clinics only. To date, COVID-19 vaccination appointments have been available almost exclusively through online scheduling systems. As a result, seniors who have challenges accessing and/or using technology have been unable to secure COVID-19 vaccination appointments statewide. The pilot program will test a simple and practical solution aimed at filling this gap. Together, Kinney, the Association on Aging in NY, and local Offices for the Aging will provide this much-needed service for some of the most vulnerable people. The Kinney/OFA clinics will begin the second week of March.
Wayne “Securing a vaccination appointment is often too burdensome, especially for seniors who aren’t technologically savvy. Many do not have a caretaker to help them navigate this process, so it’s important that we assist these seniors in securing a vaccine. Being an already vulnerable population, they need us to be there for them. Bringing vaccine closer to their communities will be critical to protecting them against this virus and eventually ending this pandemic,” said John Marraffa, vice president of Healthcare Services Integration for KPH Healthcare Services. “We are proud to partner with the Association on Aging. Our pharmacists and team members continue to be there for our communities every step of the way, and this is one more way we can help those who need it most during this unprecedented time, said Rebecca Bubel, president of Kinney Drugs. As an employee-owned organization, we are proud to provide these immunizations and serve in this capacity.”
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 5:38 pm Kinney Drugs will be offering COVID-19 vaccines for free, once they have them and are ready to administer them. The company has pharmacies in many St. Lawrence County communities, and elsewhere in the North Country. Kinney will receive vaccine(s) when they are available for the general public, which could be as early as Spring 2021. To stay updated on vaccine availability, people can visit www.kinneydrugs.com/pharmacy/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations or subscribe to receive Kinney’s email updates at: www.kinneydrugs.com/pharmacy/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/email-sign-up/. Kinney will offer local organizations free onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinics. To learn more or express interest in scheduling a clinic, interested organizations can visit: https://kinneydrugs.com/pharmacy/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/clinics/