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Sandra C. Thomas Special To The Citizen April 21, 2021 - 00:00 Posted in:
The Orphan Trains carried as many as 250,000 children to their adoptive homes throughout the mid and southwest.
Beatrice Flanagan Polack Fojtik with her Orphan Train photo as the last known remaining Orphan Train Rider in the U.S.
Young baby Beatrice with her new mother Mary Kubes Polack.
The Foundling Hospital of New York which cared for abandoned infants and small children.
On Sunday April 25, 2021 Beatrice Flanagan Polak Fojtik will celebrate a century of life at the
Arbor Hills Healthcare Center in Eagle Lake, Texas with her children at her side. Beatrice’ life is of national significance, as she is the last known living Orphan Train Rider in the US. She represents an historical period of need for children’s aid and outplacements at a time of economic and social demand in the country, especially in New York
SAN JOSE, Calif. â Although the coronavirus vaccines that began arriving a few days ago have brought a ray of hope, theyâre coming too late for the thousands of residents and workers at nursing homes in the Bay Area and across California who became infected during the deadly surge that has exploded the last several weeks.
According to data published by the state, 12,491 residents and staff in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers were sick with COVID-19 as of Thursday. That includes hundreds in the Bay Area, where some long-term care facilities have seen large outbreaks.
A skilled nursing facility in San Mateo, Atherton Park Post-Acute, reported 98 cases of COVID-19 among residents, according to the state Department of Health. In addition, the agencyâs data shows, several Santa Clara County nursing homes also have been hit hard, with 47 active cases at Los Altos Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 50 at Mission de la Casa Nursing and Rehabilitation
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Vaccine arrival comes too late for many residents of nursing homes, where COVID-19 infections have exploded this month [The Mercury News :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-NURSINGHOMES:SJ]
SAN JOSE, Calif. Although the coronavirus vaccines that began arriving a few days ago have brought a ray of hope, they’re coming too late for the thousands of residents and workers at nursing homes in the Bay Area and across California who became infected during the deadly surge that has exploded the last several weeks.
According to data published by the state, 12,491 residents and staff in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers were sick with COVID-19 as of Thursday. That includes hundreds in the Bay Area, where some long-term care facilities have seen large outbreaks.