COVID-19 and Flu Season: How Seniors and Home Health Aides Can Stay Safe

It’s kind of like we are in a bad dream. As desperately as we’d prefer to wake up from this new reality, the COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay. Unfortunately, there is a second wave of COVID-19, but that’s not the only illness seniors and home health aides should prepare for. In addition to COVID-19, seniors and caregivers need to be ready for the flu season. Adults 65 and over have been hospitalized 5-13 times more than adults under 30. With there being more than one illness to be concerned of, there are steps you can take to be more prepared for the COVID-19 and Flu season.