ANAHEIM, CA - MARCH 8: Residents talk with a caregiver in the dining room at Emerald Court in Anaheim, Calif. on March 8, 2021.
Residents were able to come to the dining room for the first time since social distancing restrictions were put into place AdvertisementLong-suffering families say the reopenings are well overdue.
Most elderly care residents and many staffers have been fully inoculated for weeks, since they were among the first vaccinated in the nationwide rollout.Roughly 1.4 million residents and 1 million staffers at long-term care facilities are fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.COVID-19 cases and deaths in the facilities have also plummeted, from a peak of more than 30,000 cases and.