“Vaccination rates among Florida’s long-term care workers remains very low at 38%, said AARP Florida State Director Jeff Johnson. With new AARP data indicating Florida is trending higher than the national average for new COVID-19 cases in nursing home residents and staff, we must ensure that vaccinations are available and accessible to these individuals as well as minority populations, homebound residents and others who may be marginalized by this process.
AARP’s coronavirus dashboard, which is updated every four weeks, was created using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the AARP Public Policy Institute in collaboration with the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University in Ohio. The goal is to identify specific areas of concern at the national and state levels in a timely manner.