UNWINDING COVID

Hebrew Home comes long way since Covid

Kelley Dixon reflects on being the first to get vaccine at the RiverSpring Living facility

By Eric Harvey
Posted 6/1/23

Two years and six months ago Riverdale residents under lockdown caught their first glimmer of hope in a long while when it was announced a vaccine to the Covid-19 virus was available and would be distributed across the city. The first resident in line at the Hebrew Home to get his shot was 79-year-old Kelley Dixon, who was also the first nursing home resident in the state with the vaccination.

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