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‘The end of an incredibly long road’ as first Oregon senior care home staff and residents get coronavirus vaccine Updated Dec 22, 2020; Facebook Share But like most things related to ending the coronavirus pandemic, the occasion was, in fact, momentous. Gwen Riggs was about to be the first Rose Villa Senior Care Living Community worker to get a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, setting yet another milestone in Oregon’s effort to end the pandemic’s brutal toll on seniors in nursing, assisted living and memory care homes. Six months into her medical career, Riggs said she looked forward to knowing that the vulnerable residents in her care will have an extra level of protection from a potential outbreak and possible death. ....
December 22 2020 180 staff/residents get first of two COVID-19 shots on Monday, Dec. 21; second dose coming Jan. 11. Rose Villa in Oak Grove was among Oregon s first long-term care facilities to receive the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, Dec. 21, when approximately 180 staff and residents got the first of two COVID-19 vaccines; the second dose will be administered on Jan. 11. All of Rose Villa s 35 long-term care residents chose to be inoculated, according to Vassar Byrd, CEO of the senior-living facility. Rose Villa has about 300 residents, most of whom are independent, and about 180 employees, of whom 145 chose to receive the vaccine. According to state officials, long-term care facilities are receiving the vaccine first with frontline health workers, followed by assisted living, then people living independently in retirement communities. No exact timeline has been set, but the Oregon Health Authority expects the general population will have access to the vacci ....