Skilled-nursing, assisted-living and other communities serving older adults are prioritized for vaccines, which are in limited supply
Residents have not been scheduled for COVID-19 vaccine appointments yet at Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara at 1820 De la Vina St., a retirement community specializing in dementia care and Alzheimer’s disease. Oak Cottage and many other long-term care communities are eligible for vaccines, but there are limited supplies for the thousands of waiting residents. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
January 20, 2021
| 8:46 p.m.
Deanna Zachrisson doesn’t know when her husband, a 75-year-old veteran living at Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara, will get his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Lompoc Valley Medical Center’s Comprehensive Care Center, a skilled nursing facility, started vaccinating staff on Dec. 17, the same day the hospital employees were given their first doses.
“Initially, residents of the Comprehensive Care Center were to be vaccinated by Walgreens, in conjunction with the Pharmacy Partnership for Long Term Care Program. However, as this was not happening in a timely manner, LVMC took the initiative and vaccinated the majority of residents on December 28,” LVMC CEO Steve Popkin told Noozhawk reporter Brooke Holland.
Maravilla Santa Barbara administered the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, in partnership with CVS.