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The Brown family is a multigenerational family living in Madison, Wis.. Cassilyn Brown, top left, is a forensic nurse examiner at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital. She feared bringing the coronavirus home to her family before most of the adults were vaccinated. So far, no family member has been infected with the virus. Also pictured in the top row are David Bingham Brown, center, and Ash Baker, right. Bottom row, from left, are: Victoria Brown, Alaric Brown and David Ralph Brown, 79, who has chronic pneumonia and a heart arrhythmia, which left him more susceptible to the virus. Credit: Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch
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Washington’s immigrant and refugee elders face challenges COVID-19 vaccine access By Melissa Hellmann, The Seattle Times
Published: February 8, 2021, 7:51am
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By early December, Trang Tu had quarantined with her mother in their Seattle home for nearly a year, providing round-the-clock supervision for the 90-year-old with advanced dementia that would have been too costly at a nursing facility.
Since caring for elders is a strong cultural value for Tu, a Vietnamese refugee who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s, she saw the COVID-19 vaccine as the pair’s only hope for returning to the outside world.
Tu was then alarmed to learn older adults in home care were not prioritized by the state’s December draft vaccine plan. She felt invisible.