By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-08-03 09:13 Share CLOSE
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a disproportionate fatality rate in some veterans homes compared with other nursing homes, leading the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to move to ensure more lives aren t lost to the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
The VA runs more than 100 nursing homes, or community living centers (CLC) in every state. A CLC is solely funded and managed by the VA. They cater to 33,000 American veterans, who mostly served during World War II.
But with more than 30,000 beds and about 133 homes, it is the state veterans home program that is the largest provider of long-term care to veterans, the VA said.
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New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations at Veterans Memorial Homes December 29, 2020, 12:42 pm | in
New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations at Veterans Memorial Homes
12/29/2020
TRENTON – Today, Governor Phil Murphy and Interim Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs (DMAVA) Col. Lisa Hou, D.O. announced that COVID-19 vaccinations are underway for residents and staff of the State’s three veterans memorial homes. Residents and staff of the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home began receiving vaccinations yesterday and vaccinations are scheduled to begin over the course of the next week at the Menlo Park and Vineland Veterans Memorial Homes as part of the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program with CVS and Walgreens.