Does anyone know these answers:
1.) We are taking care of our 90 year old mom in her home, 24 hour care for heart and many other issues. (Different topic)
Anyway, since she is not in a facility where they are to be administering the vaccine, can she get the vaccines at her home?
If so, how do we do that?
2.) Also, since we (her children) are taking turns taking care of her overnight in her home, would we be eligible to also get the vaccines?
3.) If we decide to move her to a good care facility and she gets the vaccines there, and we also have gotten them, are we then allowed to visit her? Does anyone know how the care facilities protocols are now with the vaccine availability?
trying to plan ahead. Thank you.
Any comments here (including MINE) have to be regarded as only VERY GENERAL statements of THEIR state guidelines, if they know them.
Consider too, that statements from the individual states may also be subject to ha goes.
So here we all are......
I anticipate that my Mum will get hers close to the end of February. Mum is 86 and lives independently. But she is an essential visitor to a nursing home.
This is our roll out schedule:
First groups for vaccination
The first groups to get vaccinated between December and February:
Residents, staff and essential visitors to long-term care and assisted-living residences
Individuals in hospital or community awaiting a long-term care placement
Health care workers providing care for COVID-19 patients in settings like Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, medical/surgical units and paramedics
Remote and isolated Indigenous communities
From February to March, the immunization program will expand:
Community-based seniors, age 80 and above; Indigenous seniors, age 65 and above
People experiencing homelessness and/or using shelters
Provincial correctional facilities
Adults in group homes or mental health residential care.
Long term home support recipients and staff
Hospital staff, community GPs and medical specialists
Other Indigenous communities not vaccinated in first priority group
After initial priority groups are vaccinated, additional groups may be prioritized for vaccination. The scheduling of priority groups for vaccination may be modified as transmission is monitored.
Know that any facility is unique as a thumb print. ALF don't have state regulation in the same way that Nursing Homes do. They often have their own rules.
I heard today that in Ohio the current compliance with wanting to get vaccinated in care homes, by the staff, is only 40%. NOT GOOD. So we must be sure that our seniors are vaccinated FIRST so they have that 90 to 95% protection against those who are still a danger to them.
Good luck. Hope you get to the front of the line as a caregiver to a senior at risk, and certainly hope your Mom does.
See if your state has posted a response to CDC GUIDELINES on the state website.
Contact the local or county Board of Health in the area where your mother is living.
Contact the office of your federal governmental representative and request their attention to your situation and their help to resolve it.
In our state I think she would be legally entitled to vaccination, but I don’t follow that issue because my LO, who is scheduled to be vaccinated this week, is in residential care.
According to my LO’s facility, when she and I are BOTH vaccinated fully, I will be entitled to visits.
Hope you can find the answers to your concerns.