Rapid vaccine rollout at California nursing homes raises concern

Rapid vaccine rollout at California nursing homes raises concern

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/07/rapid-vaccine-rollout-at-nursing-homes-raises-concern/

As coronavirus vaccines arrive at California nursing homes and long-term care facilities, many residents will be eager to receive a vaccine that promises to finally ease the months of grief and isolation. Before that can happen, though, facilities must obtain consent from their residents, and a growing number of advocates are raising concerns that residents may not get their doubts and questions adequately addressed due to the rapid pace of the vaccination program and varied levels of information given from facility to facility.

“This is a huge trust exercise like nothing we’ve been through since probably the polio vaccine,” said Tracy Greene Mintz, a social worker and senior care consultant based in Redondo Beach.