Only 28 Percent of Florida Assisted Living Communities Have Received COVID-19 Vaccine, Agency Says

Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration says only 28 percent of assisted living communities in the state have received the COVID-19 vaccine so far, reports WFTV . As of Tuesday, 662 of Florida's 695 nursing communities have been inoculated, while residents of Central Florida assisted living communities are scheduled to receive their first shots by the end of next week. The slow rollout has been aggravating for residents and their families. "I do have family members who have said to me, 'I feel like we've been robbed of precious time with my mom or my dad because they don't have a lot of time left,'" said Encore Assisted Living Community Executive Director Kimberly Edwards. Although the vaccine could help mitigate this, she said the wait for it has been devastating to them.