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At A.G. Rhodes, a nonprofit that operates three nursing homes in metro Atlanta, all employees are required to get the vaccine by Oct. 1, unless they have a medical or religious exemption. Currently about 60 percent of A.G. Rhodes employees are vaccinated. Deke Cateau, chief executive of A.G. Rhodes, calls the mandate a "moral imperative." (Photo courtesy of A.G. Rhodes)

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Gene Twiggs lives with his wife, who is resting after a cardiology appointment earlier in the day Wednesday, at the Silver Comet Village in Powder Springs and is concerned about the current financial situation the owners of the facility. The Twiggs moved from Dallas, Georgia to the senior center in April and are concerned that the property may go into foreclosure. The sister building in the Village is for assisted living and memory care residents; despite receiving certificate of occupancy in April, the building remains empty. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Frank Carroll, former resident at Tranquil Gardens, stands in his new room at Brickmont of Acworth, an Assisted Living and Alzheimer's Care facility. Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care facility in Acworth abruptly announced it was closing its doors, giving the 27 residents and their families less than 72 hours to make other arrangements. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Emanuel Medical Center emergency room technician Patrice Thompson uses disinfectant to clean a trauma room after a patient was seen. Cleaners, personal protective equipment has added costs to the operational budget of the rural hospital in Emanuel County. (Stephen B. Morton for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The COVID-19 death toll at the Riverside Health Care nursing home, a 158-bed home in Covington, is the second-highest among Georgia nursing homes. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Alison Greene said she created this website for Olivia Ware's 2021 mayoral campaign. When the pandemic hit, she said, Ware asked her to collaborate on social programs, but Greene said she eventually became wary about Ware's operation. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Clarissa Strickland holds her sister Nan Durrett's ashes at her home in Lilburn on Aug. 27. Her sister died in April of suspected COVID-19 after a stay in an assisted living facility. Strickland is still waiting to hold a funeral for her sister because her family has been scattered by the coronavirus. The family thought the state could have done more to alert them to citations regulators issued to the home related to Durrett's case. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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The Georgia House on Friday passed a senior care bill that increases oversight and training in the state’s assisted living facilities and large personal care homes. The bill, which passed 160-1, now heads to the Senate. Many of the issues addressed by the bill were highlighted in the AJC’s series, Unprotected, which examined problems of abuse and neglect in the state’s senior care homes. ISTOCK IMAGES

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July 16, 2021: Acworth: The last resident to leave the facility is helped into a vehicle as all residents were to have been moved out of Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care in Acworth by Noon on Friday, July 16, 2021 after owners informed residents and workers they were foreclosed. Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care informed their residents on Tuesday that the property was being foreclosed on and they would need to move out by Friday. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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July 14, 2021 Smyrna - Rita Manatrizio plays with therapy dog Bella at her room at Woodland Ridge Assisted Living on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Dody Bunn sorts bread for families in need during a drive-through food pantry at the Hearts to Nourish Hope in Riverdale last month. “We’ve still got people falling through the cracks,” according to the nonprofit's CEO. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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For only the second time since World War II, both of Georgia’s U.S. senators — Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, shown campaigning with Joe Biden before November's election — live in metro Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Defense lawyers for Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and Roddie Bryan are accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in 2020. Episode 10 of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast focuses on a crucial hearing to determine whether Arbery's past can be used during the murder trial.

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Lawyers for the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery want the jury to hear about Arbery's past scrapes with the law and his mental health history. Episode 9 of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast explores how Arbery's past could impact the trial. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Appointed members to the Development Authority of Fulton County (DAFC) collected has paid its appointed board members nearly $800,000 in per diem since the beginning of 2015, new documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution show. (Photo by Phil Skinner)

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