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Don Knox, executive director of the Home Care & Hospice Association of Colorado, wrote a letter to Gov. Jared Polis on Dec. 7 supporting top priority status in COVID-19 vaccine access for home health care and hospice providers.
These providers âare on the frontlines of the pandemic caring for over 12 million of the nationâs most at-risk individuals annually through over 3.5 million dedicated caregivers,â Knox wrote.
In Colorado, they include physicians, nurses, therapists, home health aides, hospice aides, personal care aides, home care workers and direct support professionals â and more than 60 percent of them report having cared for COVID-infected patients.