A California-based senior living operator has announced a COVID-19 booster shot mandate for its employees, when one becomes available, “to ensure the continued protection of our residents and one another.”
The senior living industry is leading corporate America in mandating COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Abilene, TX-based ER Senior Management and Cedar Falls, IA-based Western Home Communities announced Monday that they are rolling out mandatory COVID-19 vaccination programs for employees.
National senior housing operator Meridian Senior Living on Wednesday joined a growing list of senior living providers in announcing a staff COVID-19 vaccine mandate, calling it “one more preventative measure” to maintain a safe and healthy environment.
Following the lead of at least 40 senior living providers and other national industry groups, Argentum announced its support for employer COVID-19 vaccination mandates for the senior living workforce.
“I have completely changed what I believe as a clinician in mandating the vaccine, because unvaccinated people, staff or visitors are really the only vector that’s going to expose residents to the virus again,” said Michael Wasserman, M.D.
At least two more senior living and care companies have joined the growing COVID-19 staff vaccination mandate movement in the long-term care industry. Episcopal Retirement Services, based in Cincinnati, and LCS, based in Des Moines, IA, announced last week deadlines by which staff members will need to be fully vaccinated.
A growing number of professional associations are calling for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers, but at least one major organization is pumping the brakes on calling for an industry-wide mandate for long-term care.
LeadingAge joined 56 other healthcare professional associations Monday in calling for a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for long-term care and other healthcare workers.
The Sioux Falls, SD-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the latest senior living and care organization — and one of the largest yet — to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
