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Montana long-term care facilities prepare for COVID-19 vaccine shipments


Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect Karna Rhodes full name and title, senior living Administrator at St. John’s United.
When Joyce Hill and her husband operated an assisted living facility in the Billings Heights in the 1990s, they’d plan activities to get residents moving and out of their rooms.
Now, 80-year-old Hill lives in a St. John’s United assisted living facility in Billings and must keep to herself as COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the state.
“There are days where it’s been pretty depressing, but you have to put your mind to where you’re going,” Hill said. ....

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St. John's United begins in-house COVID testing with new lab


St. John’s United can now test its employees and long-term care residents for COVID-19 after opening its own lab in downtown Billings earlier this month.
The company operates independent, assisted and nursing home living facilities. The facilities house around 550 residents and employ 700 staff.
St. John’s opened the lab in the Gainan Commons in downtown Billings and has already begun processing samples. The project has been in the works since October, and specific licensing was needed to open a certified lab.
Lab Administrator Ashley Bontjes, from left, and Clinical Laboratory Scientists MyLinda Lovell, and Mary Smith pose for a picture with the QuantStudio 7 Pro, which analyses COVID-19 tests, in the foreground at the St. John s United COVID-19 testing lab. ....

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