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From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, long-term care facilities and nursing homes were in a precarious spot, caring for many of their communities’ highest-risk residents.
They were dealt a disproportionate brunt of the pandemic, with at least 990 deaths at such facilities in Worcester County, or 45% of all deaths in the county, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Their residents were long forced into isolation and their workers at high risk of catching the virus themselves.
Now, about a year after cases reached their initial peak locally last spring, these care facilities are starting to see long-awaited signs of post-pandemic life, with residents and staff largely vaccinated and loosened state restrictions now allowing for some gatherings and in-person visits from family.