Tag: Influenza

Mar 05
What you can do to protect seniors from the coronavirus

Think carefully before you visit Above all else, please do not visit a long-term care, assisted living or independent living home if you are unwell. While this is generally good etiquette, keeping your germs at home is more important now than ever before. “Every report to date indicates that it is older people with underlying […]

Oct 24
More than a bad cold: The burden of flu in seniors

When Larry Sharpe embarked on a family vacation with his wife, children and five grandchildren to Hawaii, he never thought he would end up in the hospital. Larry was a picture of health before contracting the flu in March 2019. The fit and active 74-year-old North Delta, B.C., resident, and his wife, Ronnie, had been […]

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