Senior-care sites prep response to COVID-19 vaccine refusal

Nursing homes and senior living facilities are finally getting some relief.

Vaccines are on the horizon for places like McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff.

INITIAL PHASES OFVACCINE DISTRIBUTION.WITH MANY PEOPLE OVERTHE AGE OF 75 SET TO GETVACCINATED -- NURSINGHOMES AND OTHER CAREFACILITIES ARE GETTINGREADY TO HELP THEIRRESIDENTS THROUGH THEPROCESS.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER JORDAN BETTSSHARES HOW THEY'REPREPARING AND WHATTHEY'RE PLANNING INCASE SOME REFUSE TOGET VACCINATED.NURSING HOMES AREFINALLY GETTING SOMERELIEF.VACCINES ARE ON THEHORIZON FOR PLACES LIKEMCCRITE PLAZA ATBRIARCLIFF.Cassidy McCrite, Director ofOperations at McCrite Plaza atBriarcliff."Our residents are ready forlife to change."CASSIDY MCCRITE,DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSAT THE SENIOR LIVINGFACILITY SAYS MOST OFTHEIR 200 PLUSRESIDENTS ARE EXCITEDABOUT THE VACCINE."The faster we can get to aplace where there is herdimmunity, the faster we canget back to some normalliving.

Even to a point wherewe can take our masks off."Betty Jo Lewis, will receivevaccine89-years-old."I'm absolutely going to takeit.I would be first in line ifthey'dlet me."BUT WHAT HAPPENS IFSOMEONE SAYS THEYDONT WANT IT?"Going forward I think it'ssomething we will need to lookat is providing multipleopportunities.

So it maybe adining time where if you havereceived the vaccine, this timeis open for you.

And then asecond dining time or maybein a different area to where ifyou don't mind has taken thevaccine or not, that would bea place where you could eat."KANSAS GOVERNOR,LAURA KELLY HAS ANAPPROACH TO THE MOSTAT RISK POPULATION.Dr. Lee Norman, KansasDepartmentof Health and EnvironmentSecretary"Well, obviously we wouldprefer that they not do that.But nobody will be forced totake this vaccine.

I thinkprobably the individual longterm care facilities willdetermine how to best dealwith that.

It may be setting up,you know corridor for peoplewho are not vaccinated, andothers who are so I think, well,we'll leave it to the long-termcare facilities to figure outhowto deal with that should thatoccur."MCCRITE JUST WANTS TOKEEP THEIR RESIDENTSSAFE AND BE ONE STEPCLOSER TO REUNITINGTHEM WITH THEIR LOVEDONES."We love them and we carefor them