NAPCA, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Health, provides home COVID-19 vaccine immunization to Los Angeles County residents.
LOS ANGELES, CA – As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out nationwide, millions of people across California and Los Angeles County are being vaccinated.
However, older people who cannot leave their homes to get vaccinated and who must stay at home remain marginalized. To bridge this gap, the National Center for Aging in Asia Pacific (NAPCA) is partnering with the Los Angeles County Department of Health and the Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Program to provide home COVID-19 vaccine immunization to older Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and To do this, residents simply need to call the language-specific NAPCA Helpline, which assists with filling out an application and providing all appointments and home visit scheduling services. Skilled staff from the Los Angeles County Department of Health will visit your home to administer the primary and secondary vaccines, along with any necessary booster doses.
“Mobility and language accessibility are barriers that our seniors constantly struggle with. Fears and the spread of anti-Asian hatred caused by the coronavirus have made our seniors reluctant to go out in public. Now They can get vaccinated without leaving home. More than 2.5 million Los Angeles County residents speak limited English, of whom 240,000 are over 65. The NAPCA Helpline is designed to provide seniors with language assistance over the phone about the resources and care they need.” -Bang Jun, CEO of NAPCA
Since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, NAPCA’s Helpline has been instrumental in helping older Asian American and Pacific Islander communities get the support they need.
NAPCA’s early partnership with Lyft and Shaper Hands demonstrates its commitment to a community that is often excluded from providing free necessities. The Helpline now provides national language assistance in seven languages to those who need help completing a home vaccination application. We support individuals by providing grounding, relaxation, breathing and gratitude exercises along with recorded guided meditations.
Residents can use the NAPCA Helpline to request home vaccination in various languages including English, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, or Spanish. The NAPCA Helpline is available 7 days a week from 8:00 am to 8:30 pm PST Pacific Time.