Gaps between resident and staff vaccination rates are common at nursing homes across the state. Both groups were among the earliest eligible for vaccines in Minnesota, as long-term care facilities were particularly hard hit.<br/><br/>
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Minnesota's senior care homes are struggling with record staff shortages as people leave the industry faster than they can replaced. There are 23,000 unfilled senior caregiver positions across Minnesota, according to a survey of 300 providers statewide conducted the Long-Term Care Imperative.
Unfilled caregiver openings more than doubled at a senior care facilities across Minnesota since last spring, forcing 70 percent of nursing homes to cap admissions
IRON RANGE - The number of long-term care and assisted living residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is on the rise, with local facilities reporting that the majority have received the shot.
Thatâs good news for people residing in those locations, where populations have been hit hard with coronavirus outbreaks and deaths.
In Hibbing, Shane Roche, administrator of Guardian Angels Health and Rehab Center, said last week that 95 percent of the 60 residents here have received the Moderna vaccine. Just under 70% of the staff members have been vaccinated.
Marc Halpert, COO of Monarch Healthcare Management, which houses more than oversees long-term care and assisted living facilities across the state, including people in Virginia (75), Eveleth (55), Grand Rapids (104), Duluth and Superior, Wis., said more than 75% of residents and 64% of staff members have been vaccinated in those locations.