Covid-19 booster shots are on the horizon, and senior living providers are moving ahead with planning clinics for residents and staff while awaiting greater clarity from government regulatory agencies.
Some industry providers have moved with urgency in recent weeks to schedule their first Covid-19 vaccine booster shot clinics, even as the U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) administration is still mulling them for the general public. That includes Louisville, Kentucky-based senior living operator Atria Senior Living, which plans to start administering Covid-19 booster shots during its communities’ upcoming flu clinics in mid-September.
“Our flu clinics will double as booster shot clinics,” Atria CEO John Moore told Senior Housing News. “People will get a flu shot in one arm and a booster in the other.”
Like other senior living providers in the industry, Atria took note of President Biden’s stated plan to begin offering Covid-19 booster shots by Sept. 20, Moore said. And while there are still questions regarding what regulatory officials will ultimately decide to recommend, the White House has pledged to put long-term care settings at the front of the pack for additional vaccine doses, and a CDC advisory committee supported that plan this week.
“The bottom line is that we’re ready to go as soon as formal approval happens,” Moore said.
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