TFAH Webinar Recording: COVID-19 Vaccine for Homebound Older Adults - Challenges and Solutions
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) held a webinar March 31, "COVID-19 Vaccine for Homebound Older Adults: Challenges and Solutions."
There are up to 15 million older adults and people with disabilities in America that are experiencing challenges accessing the COVID-19 vaccine due to issues that prevent them from traveling to a vaccine site. This webinar explored the challenges and policy barriers to vaccine access and highlighted innovative vaccine distribution practices.
Participants learnt about the complexities of vaccine distribution to homebound individuals, as well as the crucial partnerships among public health departments, aging services and other community stakeholders that are key to expanding vaccine access. The webinar included time for Q&A from the audience.
Speakers included:
- Amanda Cohn, MD, Chief Medical Officer, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Thomas Cornwell, MD, Senior Medical Director, Village Medical at Home
- Ingrid Ulrey, Public Policy Director, Public Health Seattle-King County
- Megan Wolfe, JD, Senior Policy Development Manager, TFAH (Moderator)
The webinar was supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and Cambia Health Foundation.
To watch the recording and access the slides and transcript, click here.
To join TFAH's bi-weekly Huddle calls on vaccine access for homebound older adults, click here.
To learn more about TFAH's work on access to the COVID-19 vaccine for homebound older adults, click here.
To download TFAH's one-pager, "COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Who are Homebound," click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support, click here.
