Articles of Interest

Articles of Interest - March 29, 2021

Click the links below to read articles of interest from our March 29, 2021 eBlast.

How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Help Monitor COVID-19 Vaccine Safety — Staff and residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are among the first groups to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the United States. As an administrator, you and your staff’s participation in vaccine safety monitoring is essential to ensuring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. No safety concerns have been detected to date, but ongoing monitoring will continue. For more information visit: How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Help Monitor COVID-19 Vaccine Safety (cdc.gov).

The CDC has updated its page on Reporting COVID-19 Vaccination Data for Long-Term Care Facilities. 

Assisted, senior living need more funding for COVID battle: Opinion Column by Matt Baker (Wellsboro Gazette)