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Kansas urges increase of COVID-19 vaccine at long-term care facilities


Nothing is small about Lakeview Village.
Between its roughly 800 residents and another 586 staff members, the number of people on the campus of the Lenexa long-term care facility each day rivals some Kansas counties.
That has created problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility had multiple outbreaks over the course of the last year. Meanwhile, staff has been forced to call in sick because of infections on a near-constant basis, said Pam Hermon, Lakeview Village s chief operating officer.
Vaccines, however, have changed everything.
Nearly 100% of residents and 74% of staff have been vaccinated, putting the facility far ahead of the statewide average. No staff cases have been reported since January, Hermon said, and visitation rules have been relaxed  something which is expected to continue. ....

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