Residents at Midcoast senior living facilities readily accept COVID-19 vaccine, while some staff opt out
Many long-term care facilities reported that all of their residents chose to get vaccinated, but staff are more hesitant.
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Bertie Holmes, left gets her second COVID-19 shot administered by registered nurse Mary Dowe during a vaccine clinic held at The Highlands in Topsham Monday.
Darcie Moore / The Times Record
BATH — Several senior living facilities in the southern Midcoast reported all their residents have been fully vaccinated — or will be in the coming days — but many staff members are shying away from the needle.
Steve Schuchert, administrator of Hillhouse Assisted Living in Bath, said all of the facility’s 40 residents had received their second vaccination as of Wednesday, but 30% of his roughly 95 staff members declined the vaccination.