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96 EAST COAST FLORIDA FEATURED ARTICLE

Caring

For Our Community

Sponsored by: Parrish Healthcare

Every COVID-19 vaccination represents concentric arrival, as the lady’s husband opened the door,
circles of effects around us, and for us. When he greeted us with, “Thank you!” We were able
fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccinations to assist him and his wife’s caregiver get his wife
protect the person being vaccinated, and helps back in to bed, and then, in the comfort of their
to protect everyone with whom that person will home, administered her vaccine.
come into contact, progressing on in concentric
circles. To widen our reach, and impact even more During the observation period, we filled the time
people, Parrish care partners mobilized and set with conversations pertaining to the family and
up a vaccination site at The Great Outdoors to the husband’s love for his wife. We learned that
vaccinate nearly 300 members of our community. all of his nine siblings are nurses, and his son a
surgeon. He explained that because he is able to
Care partner Eugene LaCoste, Manager of obtain home care for his severely debilitated wife,
Business Operations, writes, “As we planned he is able to keep her home where they are both
for this event earlier in the week, a particular most happy.
recipient was identified as being bed-bound and
may have some difficulty making it to the clinic. The husband was beaming the entire time we
Instead of the family and care giver spending the were there, expressing how grateful he was
morning prepping her for transport, using a Hoyer for our support in protecting his beloved wife.
lift to place her in a wheelchair and then again
into their vehicle, we were able to pay a visit to Parrish Healthcare is Healing Families—Healing
their home and provide the vaccine to this patient Communities®. We continue to grow and to serve,
with the least amount of disruption to her. with excellence, the health and wellness needs
LeeAnn Cottrell and I went on a golf cart of husbands, wives – and everyone – in our
adventure with vaccine in tow. Immediately upon community.