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Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents and staff at long-term care facilities by Sunday, but nearly 1,000 facilities have yet to receive vaccines.
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According to reports, the chief executive of a West Palm Beach long-term care facility offered COVID-19 vaccinations to board members and donors.
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COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.
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Long-term care residents and staff members make up about 38% of the reported 21,212 Florida resident deaths since the pandemic started.
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The governor was in The Villages on Tuesday to announce the elderly will come before essential workers.
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According to the state’s COVID-19 draft distribution plan,138,588 residents were in nursing homes and assisted living facilities as of Sept. 20.
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A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and over and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis also directed 21,450 doses be sent to the Florida Department of Health to help at long-term care facilities.
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The state ramped up plans to vaccinate seniors for COVID-19 by publishing two emergency rules that require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to allow representatives from the state health department, CVS and Walgreens into the facilities.
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The report was encouraging but tempered by a recent uptick in overall cases. “We must keep our guard up, especially if the virus once again is on the rise this winter,” AAPR's Florida director says.
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The state is allowing residents to return to facilities after being screened for COVID-19-like symptoms.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office did not comment on the AARP information. But DeSantis has touted the state’s efforts to keep residents safe at Florida’s 694 nursing homes.