Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation is pleased to announce that it received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 21^st.

Residents and staff at Jewish Senior Life and other senior homes all over the state received their first COVID-19 vaccination on Dec. 21^st.

Dec. 21, 2020 was a historic day at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale! The COVID-19 vaccine arrived, and first in line to receive it were Hebrew Home resident Kelley Dixon and Medical Director Dr. Zachary Palace.

Lisa Haglund, president and CEO of Heritage Ministries, discusses the organization's COVID-19 vaccination plan for its Chautauqua County skilled nursing facilities in a new interview with The Post-Journal.

A new article from The Associated Press spotlights how the Hebrew Home at Riverdale's expanded pet therapy program is giving residents and staff physical comfort while human visitors are still restricted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Herkimer High School art teacher Heather McCutcheon and her Studio Art and Graphics students recently spread good cheer at Valley Health Services (VHS) by creating holiday greeting cards and 3D printed snowflakes and ornaments for residents. McCutcheon delivered the cards and decorations to VHS on Fri., Dec. 18, 2020.

On Mon., Dec. 21, 2020, the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) became one of the first in the state to begin vaccinating residents and staff in its long term care facility, MVHS Rehabilitation & Nursing Center.

Nursing homes are next on the list of those set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. At Jewish Senior Life in Brighton, elderly residents and staff will be vaccinated beginning Mon., Dec. 21^st.