A nursing home in Needham, Massachusetts will be one of the first in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Wingate at Needham has lost at least 20 residents to the virus, and when residents found out they would be among the first to get the vaccine, “there were both tears of joy and hope.”
After nursing home staff members attended a 300-person wedding in Washington state, 7 residents died as a result of Covid-19.
As the race for a Covid-19 vaccine comes to an end, nursing home employees are preparing for the intimidating task of vaccinating residents. Over 3 million nursing home and assisted living residents will be the first recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Merna Priestley, a 90-year-old nursing home resident, began knitting and selling hats several years ago. However, this year she began selling them with the help of her facility.
700 Chicago nursing home workers have entered their second week of the strike, and they have been joined by members of the Chicago Teachers Union and other local labor groups.
A lawsuit that targeted neglect at a Montana nursing home in Whitefish, Montana was amended to “add claims that it was part of a multi-state network of facilities that enriched corporate owners while residents received negligent care.”
