As many congregate care facilities scaled back on COVID-19 safety protocols, one senior living community strengthened its approach to public health. Residents at not-for-profit New Horizons at Marlborough benefited from targeted COVID-19 protocols, thanks to an on-campus wastewater testing pilot program.
Managing a chronic health condition like diabetes or Parkinson's disease can be a challenge at any age. Thanks to specialized programming, senior living residents at New Horizons at Marlborough benefit from the regular in-home monitoring, medication management, and personalized support needed to keep these progressive conditions in check.
UMass Medical School launches Vaccine Corps, backed by philanthropy, to support statewide vaccine rollout
UMass Medical School Communications February 17, 2021
Philanthropic donations totaling $435,000 have been raised to support the Vaccine Corps launched by UMass Medical School, the statewide initiative to recruit and deploy volunteers to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Massachusetts.
Kara Kennedy (right) is among the UMMS students volunteering at the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site at Worcester State University.
The Vaccine Corps began with Medical School faculty and students supporting the equitable distribution of vaccine to vulnerable populations and has been expanded in partnership with Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School. More than 1,800 volunteers have registered through the Vaccine Corps to volunteer at vaccination sites in a variety of roles. Trained and licensed volunteers and medical and