Silver Spring retirement community with 2,300 residents completes COVID-19 vaccinations
A senior living community in Silver Spring, Maryland, is one step closer to what it calls “healthy freedom,” after it completed vaccinating its 2,300 residents last week. “It has been a long haul,” said Gary Hibbs, executive director of Riderwood Senior Living. “And we’re very conscious that we’re not out of it yet, but with the vaccinations, it was really the first offensive step we could take.” Each person at Riderwood who wanted and was able to get vaccinated, totaling 96% of its residents, has received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The senior living community partnered ...