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The state also said nearly 30% of the Moderna vaccine has been utilized.

Share this article Share this article NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. hosted a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for its residents and community employees at its 500 th community today. The milestone was reached when Brookdale Green Hills Cumberland in Nashville, Tenn., provided the life-saving vaccine to those who live and work there. Brookdale Green Hills was one of 34 Brookdale communities to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics today. Brookdale continues to work tirelessly to get remaining clinics scheduled as expeditiously as possible. In addition to c...

As it wraps up the first round of doses at nursing homes around the state, the CVS pharmacy chain is pushing back against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claims that they and Walgreens were not putting shots in the arms of residents fast enough. “Using the amount of allocated vaccine to measure the success of the long-term care vaccine program is a flawed method that doesn’t paint a full picture of the program’s progress and contributes to the inaccurate narrative that chain pharmacies are not moving fast enough,” said Joseph L. Goode, senior director for corporate communications at CVS Health...

Nursing home residents hope to set an example on COVID-19 vaccination Rose Garlock, an aide at Brookdale Westlake Village, cares for resident Carol Davis. Frank Hoerrle, a 92-year-old Coast Guard veteran, has had plenty of shots. The COVID-19 vaccine was no different. "To me, it was another shot. In my life, I've had plenty of them," Hoerrle said. The former retired pipefitter was born in Germany and came to the U.S. with his family as a child. He remembers the Great Depression and was married to his wife, Helen, for 67 years before she passed away four years ago. The pandemic, to him, is an...

Tampa Bay assisted-living facilities see cases rise. Where’s the vaccine? Fewer than half of the facilities have received coronavirus vaccines while doses go out to the larger population.     Gail Unold, 75, wears a bandage after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December at Gulf Shore Care Center in Pinellas Park. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ] Updated Jan. 22 Residents and staff of A Country Place, a Town ‘N Country assisted-living facility, were supposed to get their coronavirus shots this week, said Robert Loomis, facility administrator. But th...