Immunizations are not just for kids!

By Nancy Dunn Thompson, Ph.D.

The H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic caused concern. It also provides an opportunity for older adults and their caregivers to consider adult immunization and vaccine presentable diseases. Adults, many times, do not consider the importance of current immunizations.

Some adults have never been vaccinated for particular diseases. Some vaccines were not available in the past, and even if an older adult was vaccinated as a child, the immunization may fade over the years. Additionally, older adults become more susceptible to serious diseases as they are.

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health Department through has provided two videos, free and available on demand, that provide the information older adults and their caregivers need about recommended vaccines.

Watch these videos and get current.

Video: Adult Immunizations and Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Video: Inmunizaciones y Enfermedades que Pueden Evitarse con las Vacunas para Adultos

Nancy Thompson