Blog: COVID-19 Updates

  Quick Links: Incidence Rates Covid-19 Status in Each Community Vaccine Update We are pleased to share that all of our organization’s vaccine clinics are scheduled and several are already underway for the 1st round.  We are heartened by the response from families and residents and are currently focused on…

Covered this week: Incidence Rates Covid-19 Status in Each Community Vaccine Update We are thrilled to share we have Covid Vaccination Clinic dates set for nearly all of our communities.  Newhaven Court at Clearview should have theirs set shortly, pending their next Covid-testing results.  The clinics are as follows: Vaccine…

Covered this week: Incidence Rates Covid-19 Status in Each Community Vaccine Update State and trade organizations have advised us that our communities likely will not receive the vaccine before February.  We are actively fighting to get confirmed vaccine clinic dates and will share those as soon as we know.  Ensuring…

Harrisburg, PA – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced today that the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, has been identified in Pennsylvania. The confirmed case is in Dauphin County. This variant is the same one that was first discovered in England in December. According to…

Covered this week: Incidence Rates Covid-19 Status in Each Community Vaccine Update All of our communities are enrolled in the Pharmacy Partnership Programs and have been contacted by our pharmacy to perform the vaccination clinics. The nature of these initial contact is to establish and verify contact information. At this…

Covered this week: Incidence Rates Covid-19 Status in Each Community Incidence Rates Positivity Rates By County Below are the current Positivity/Incidence rates in the regions where our communities exist.  As a reminder, the Positivity Rate is the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total…

 Virtual performance brings holiday cheer to IntegraCare communities    PITTSBURGH – Callie Stoltz has played the violin for nearly as long as she can remember. The Pine-Richland High School junior started playing at age 3. She’s learned how much music can lift the spirits of both the performer and the…

Covered this week: Incidence Rates Covid-19 Status in Each Community Vaccine News Once again, we respectfully urge you not to take your loved one out of the community for the holidays.  It will help us keep it safer for everyone.  We are readying our plans for engagement and dining for…

Experts at the CDC have prioritized healthcare workers and long-term care residents in the U.S. to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as it becomes available. With any new information, questions arise.  To reassure you, here is key information from public health officials to help you make an informed decision: Who Gets…

The Covid-19 pandemic has added many acronyms to the vernacular.  The latest, EUA, has made its way into news reports and everyday conversations. It was coined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and stands for Emergency Use Authorization. This refers to the process of getting treatment and prevention…