After months of waiting, Sacramento senior retirement community finally gets COVID-19 vaccine Share Updated: 7:53 PM PST Mar 11, 2021 Share Updated: 7:53 PM PST Mar 11, 2021
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Show Transcript FINALLY GETTING THEIR FIRST DOSES. IT’S A BIG DAY FOR RESIDENTS AT CAREFREE SENIOR LIVING IN SACRAMENTO. MONTHS AFTER WAITING FOR THE COVID- VACCINE, THESE SENIORS ARE FINALLY GETTING THEIR FIRST DOSE. IT’S GOOD THAT WE GOT IT TODAY. GET IT OVER WITH AND BE SAFER. REMEMBER 95-YEAR-OLD RITA? WE INTRODUCED YOU TO HER BACK IN FEBRUARY. SHE WAS UNABLE TO SAFELY LEAVE THE FACILITY TO GET THE VACCINE. WE REACH OUT TO THE CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE FOR ANSWERS. THE RESPONSE WAS IMMEDIATE. THAT WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MORNING, PARATRANSIT BUSES ARRIVED TO PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM TO A SITE AT NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL. NURSES BOARDED THE BUS TO GIVE INJECTIONS, AND MONITORED EVERYONE FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. THEY CAME AROUND AND GET OUR V
Sacramento senior retirement community fighting to get on-site COVID-19 vaccination clinic Share Updated: 1:40 AM PST Feb 20, 2021 Share Updated: 1:40 AM PST Feb 20, 2021
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Show Transcript KCRA 3 STEPHANIE LIN REACHED OUT TO THE STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY FOR ANSWERS. STEPHANIE: 95-YEAR-OLD RITA TURNOVSKY, REFLECTING ON HAPPIER TIMES SPENT WITH FELLOW RESIDENTS AT CAREFREE SENIOR LIVING IN NORTH NATOMA RITA: I USED TO GO BINGO EVERY SUNDAY. I’D GO TO THE STORE, THE BANK. STEPHANIE: FREEDOMS, TAKEN AWAY BY COVID-19. RITA, JUST ONE OF OVER 600 SENIORS LIVING HERE, AND STRUGGLING. RITA: VERY, VERY LONELY. AND JUST KINDA WHY DO I EVEN G UP IN THE MORNING? THERE’S NOTHING TO DO. STEPHANIE: AS FOR THE LAST TIME SHE LEFT THE FACILITY. RITA: I DON’T EVEN REMEMBE AILEEN: THAT MAKES ME VERY SAD. STEPHANIE: COMMUNITY MANAGER AILEEN ENRIQUEZ SAYS IT’S NOT JUST THE RESTRICTIONS, THEY KNOW COVID CAN BE ESPECIALLY DEADLY FOR THEIR RESIDENTS. AI