For Older Adults, Preventing Flu is Key to Lessening Disability Risks

Source https://www.healthinaging.org/blog/for-older-adults-preventing-flu-is-key-to-lessening-disability-risks/

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary

We tend to think of the flu as an illness that people recover from within a relatively short time. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case for older adults, who are more likely to experience difficulties getting around and living independently following a serious illness. Adding to the problem is the potential for additional health problems that can occur during a stay in the hospital. Hospitalized older adults potentially face delirium, an abrupt change in mental function w…

Source https://www.healthinaging.org/blog/for-older-adults-preventing-flu-is-key-to-lessening-disability-risks/

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary

We tend to think of the flu as an illness that people recover from within a relatively short time. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case for older adults, who are more likely to experience difficulties getting around and living independently following a serious illness. Adding to the problem is the potential for additional health problems that can occur during a stay in the hospital. Hospitalized older adults potentially face delirium, an abrupt change in mental function w…

What Do You Think?

comments

Translate »