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At my uncles nursing home is optional but stongly advised. There was a covid outbreak and while the vaccine is not 100% guarentee you are totally immune to Covid, it is less severe.
The vast majority of people that I know that got covid were vaccinated. The elderly with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to the negative effects of the mRNA nanoparticle and graphene oxide experimental shots. It's good you're asking this question.
I’ve never seen it as a requirement although I do wish they would do vaccine clinics so I didn’t have to arrange for my mom to go out to get her annual flu shot and Covid boosters.
My dad was required to take a Covid test (not vaccine — test) before he entered a hospice facility.
It’s about the risk of spreading to others.
When I visited a bunch of adult daycares in my area around 2022-2023, they all said that they offered onsite vaccinations and encouraged — but did not require — Covid and flu vaccinations.
If you want to get flu and Covid, I can't think of a better way to get those diseases than to remain unvaccinated before you go to assisted living.
Visitors bring in illnesses, and in assisted living, residents are coughing, drooling, sneezing, vomiting, clearing their throats, using other people's napkins and wipes, urinating, acid refluxing, all due to the reasons they are in an assisted living in the first place. One of the follow-on diseases from flu and Covid is pneumonia, "the old peoples' friend."
If you don't want to vaccinate your loved one, might as well keep them at home. That will at least keep them from spreading disease to large numbers of other folks. Your LO might end up in the hospital on a respirator, though. Do be aware that for patients over 75 who are put on a ventilator, mortality rates can exceed 50%.
@Fawnby, I agree! My dad's facility does not require it but offers it. My dad got both vaccines for flu and Covid. But you are right. Visitors sometimes bring in illnesses. Recently there were many, many, cases of the flu and Covid at the facility. It was so bad that they discouraged visiting for awhile. They were pretty sure that a visitor came in sick and that is how it started. The last thing an elderly person with health issues needs is the flu or Covid.
My mom is asked each year if she wants a Covid or flu vaccine. She agreed to a flu vaccine at least one year. They don't mandate either, just a TB test before they would admit her.
jules925, I know most senior living facilities required that their Staff be fully vaccinated, which is good. The problem is all the guests that come to visit their love ones or friends. All it takes is one or two outbreaks that will spread through the senior community unless a resident is vaccinated.
Even if the love one decides to live at home, same could happen when visiting a doctor's office, going to the grocery store, and seeing relatives and friends at home. Someone could visit who has covid but the symptoms have not appeared, yet that visitor can infect someone else.
I was glad that my parents had all the common vaccines, especially the annual flu shot (covid wasn't around when they were alive). They even did volunteer work at a local hospital for 20 years (in their 60's to their 80's) and never even had a cold or caught the flu. I am following their lead.
The only thing that was needed to get my Mom into an AL was a Turberculosis test. My Mom would not get a flu vaccine and COVID had not hit yet. This is a question for the AL you are considering. Me, never had a flu shot. But if I was going to live where I would be in close proximity of others, I think I would consider it. I did get my COVID shots and boosters but will not get anymore.
JoAnn, I remember back when the covid shots were first given out, I never had any problems with it, but I have noticed the more current shots tend to put hubby and I down for the count for about a week. I know we are trying to decide whether to keep getting the shot.
As for the flu shot, it's always been a piece of cake for us as we've been getting those annual shots for many decades. We also had the vaccine shots for whooping cough, for HepB or whatever, for pneumonia, for shingles (I had side effects from the booster).
You can generally get a medical Waiver from the doctor stating that there are contraindications to ______________vaccine. If it is a religious exemption you can generally get a waiver for that as well. Do know that if accepted into a facility that if there is an outbreak of anything your LO may also be quarantined for their own protection and the protection of others.
Why would anyone go into what amounts to a dormitory for old folks without all the vaccinations available? Do know that if accepted into a facility and there is an outbreak, anyone there who is not vaccinated will almost certainly contract the illness, and old folks die like flies. The Covid pandemic manifested itself most severely in senior living centers.
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I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
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APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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The elderly with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to the negative effects of the mRNA nanoparticle and graphene oxide experimental shots.
It's good you're asking this question.
It’s about the risk of spreading to others.
When I visited a bunch of adult daycares in my area around 2022-2023, they all said that they offered onsite vaccinations and encouraged — but did not require — Covid and flu vaccinations.
Visitors bring in illnesses, and in assisted living, residents are coughing, drooling, sneezing, vomiting, clearing their throats, using other people's napkins and wipes, urinating, acid refluxing, all due to the reasons they are in an assisted living in the first place. One of the follow-on diseases from flu and Covid is pneumonia, "the old peoples' friend."
If you don't want to vaccinate your loved one, might as well keep them at home. That will at least keep them from spreading disease to large numbers of other folks. Your LO might end up in the hospital on a respirator, though. Do be aware that for patients over 75 who are put on a ventilator, mortality rates can exceed 50%.
I agree! My dad's facility does not require it but offers it. My dad got both vaccines for flu and Covid. But you are right. Visitors sometimes bring in illnesses. Recently there were many, many, cases of the flu and Covid at the facility. It was so bad that they discouraged visiting for awhile. They were pretty sure that a visitor came in sick and that is how it started. The last thing an elderly person with health issues needs is the flu or Covid.
Even if the love one decides to live at home, same could happen when visiting a doctor's office, going to the grocery store, and seeing relatives and friends at home. Someone could visit who has covid but the symptoms have not appeared, yet that visitor can infect someone else.
I was glad that my parents had all the common vaccines, especially the annual flu shot (covid wasn't around when they were alive). They even did volunteer work at a local hospital for 20 years (in their 60's to their 80's) and never even had a cold or caught the flu. I am following their lead.
As for the flu shot, it's always been a piece of cake for us as we've been getting those annual shots for many decades. We also had the vaccine shots for whooping cough, for HepB or whatever, for pneumonia, for shingles (I had side effects from the booster).
Do know that if accepted into a facility that if there is an outbreak of anything your LO may also be quarantined for their own protection and the protection of others.