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Residents concerned as long-term care staff booster rate lags

Brock E.W. Turner

Dozens of Indiana nursing homes could soon be cited as non-compliant with the federal government’s vaccine mandate.
Experts concerned fewer than 1 in 5 nursing home workers have received a booster

Brock E.W. Turner

Currently, 62 percent of long-term care residents have received a booster.
As omicron tightens its grip, nursing homes fear staffing shortage

Brock E.W. Turner

AARP estimates more than one out of every five Indiana nursing homes has a staffing shortage.