The Girl Scouts O.C. spent a recent afternoon at Meals on Wheels O.C.'s Adult Day Health Care Center in Santa Ana singing Christmas carols and making holiday crafts.
Meals on Wheels OC in partnership with Families Together at a vaccine event
There are an estimated 2 million homebound seniors. Experts say they’ll be among the hardest to reach with vaccine distribution, and health departments and nonprofits are looking for creative solutions.
Cathy Ready s mother rarely leaves her home. The 80-year-old Sacramento resident lives with multiple sclerosis and is restricted to her bed, unless someone helps her get into a wheelchair.
Ready says they tried for about five weeks to find a way to arrange a COVID-19 vaccination at their house. She says neither her mother s doctors nor the staff at her hospice program could arrange for a delivery.