COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available To Priority Management Residents and Staff in Texas
22 Enero 2021 - 5:20PM
Business Wire
Priority Management announces that the COVID-19 vaccine is now
available to all their facility residents and staff members. All
residents, employees, and anyone being treated at the facilities
are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated and can be vaccinated at
the facility by the medical staff. COVID-19 remains a serious
health threat to all and particularly those who live and work in
skilled nursing facilities. The vaccine has arrived at most
Priority Management facilities. Those who were vaccinated in
January will get a second dose next week.
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This Broadmoor Medical Lodge resident
just received her COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Texas Department of Health has convened a COVID-19 Expert
Vaccine Allocation Panel to recommend strategies for the
distribution of the vaccine across the state geographically. Health
care personnel and long-term care facility residents have been
designated among the very first group to have access to the vaccine
because of the elevated level of risk they face from the virus.
The vaccines have proven to be better than 94% effective at
preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials. As with any vaccine, there
is a low risk of side effects with the most common being injection
site tenderness, fatigue, headache, and muscle pain. Severe
reactions to the injection are uncommon. You cannot get COVID-19
from the vaccine.
The Priority Management executive team was among the first in
their organization to be vaccinated. Doug Boulware, William Bauder,
and Steven Boulware received initial injections in early January
without incident or problem.
“I was eager to be vaccinated and do my part in taking the first
step towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Doug Boulware,
president of Priority Management Group. “It is my sincere hope that
every resident and staff member will choose to be vaccinated. This
is the best and quickest way to bring about an end to the pandemic
and ensure greater safety for everyone.”
COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Treatment at Priority Management’s
Royse City Facility
Five residents at Royse City Medical Lodge with mild to moderate
cases of COVID-19 who are at risk for more serious illness recently
received monoclonal antibody infusions at the facility. Royse City
Medical Lodge is the first Priority Management property and the
first non-hospital setting in the North Texas area to administer
this important therapy.
Priority Management strives to attain a work environment where
each employee is valued and respected. We promote advancing
excellence in health care services to enhance optimal nursing care
in our 21 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), two assisted living
facilities (AL), and four long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH) in
Louisiana and Texas.
Priority Management’s 7 properties in Texas include:
Bridgeport Bridgeport Medical
Lodge
Decatur Decatur Medical Lodge
Ft. Worth Ridgmar Medical Lodge
Grapevine Grapevine Medical
Lodge
Mansfield Mansfield Medical
Lodge
Rockwall Broadmoor Medical
Lodge
Royse City Royse City Medical
Lodge
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Contact name: Allison Jacobs Company Name: Priority Management
Phone: 972-428-0900 Email: ajacobs@prioritymgt.com