Allied Services is closing the assisted-living portion of its campus on Northampton Street in Wilkes-Barre and giving 18 elderly residents about a month to find a new place to live.
The Citizensâ Voice obtained a copy of a letter from James Cooney, Allied Services vice president of Skilled Nursing Facility Operations, to residents and family members dated April 2 and indicating it was a follow-up to a March 31 phone call from the administration department related to the closure of the Center City Senior Community residence at 80 E. Northampton St. effective May 31.
The letter indicated that the estimated date of discharge for the resident to whose family it was sent would be May 3 and that administration and staff would be âavailable to assist you with all aspects of the transfer and relocation process.â
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Distribution of Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine to nursing homes is expected to begin statewide Dec. 28, according to the state Department of Health, but officials at Lackawanna County facilities donât expect to receive doses until January.
The vaccine will be administered by pharmacists with CVS and Walgreens, which signed an agreement with the Department of Human Services in October to service all nursing homes and other long term care facilities nationwide.
The state Health Department has not provided nursing homes with information regarding which counties or regions of the state will be first to get the vaccine. That decision is being made by CVS and Walgreens in conjunction with DHS, a spokesperson for the Health Department said.