By Dana Kazel
Caregivers to people with complex medical needs are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Eligible caregivers may be paid or unpaid for their services. Paid caregivers who are eligible include personal care assistants (PCAs) and direct support professionals (DSPs), including those working on waivers and those working in home and community-based services.
Eligible unpaid caregivers include primary caregivers who work in similar capacities as PCAs, DSPs and nurses for persons with complex medical needs and tactile interpreters for people who are deaf-blind. The person being cared for can be of any age, but must have complex medical needs. Complex medical needs can most easily be explained as one or more medical issues requiring a significantly higher level of direct care than is typically needed by an individual of the same age. A person does not qualify as a caregiver if their role is simply to run errands for someone.
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