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My LO (age 89) with memory loss hasn't left the house for over a year. Says, "I've seen everything." He has visiting nurse service, but they don't give shots. He walks with difficulty, using a cane.

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Why be vaccinated? At this age with the health issues listed in your profile, I don’t believe I’d bother with vaccinations
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I vaguely recall that some service in my area was visiting homes to provide vaccinations for stay-at-home seniors. Check around and see if there's one near you.
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Call Council on Aging in your area and see if there is a program for seniors to receive vaccines at home.

Wishing you and your husband all the best.
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At home, basically no outside contact, why does he need a vaccination, especially at age 89?

If he were in a home, yes, otherwise I would leave the man alone.
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Vaccinated for what? The man doesn't leave his house, so what should he be vaccinated from?
Let the poor man just enjoy whatever time he may have left and quit worrying about getting him vaccinated.
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My Mom is 94. She got a seasonal flu vaccine this fall, but not a covid vax. We all got covid in December (we took the test), hers was the mildest of all of us (we were not vaxxed, either). She was sick for about a week (at home) and then recovered completely.

If your LO doesn't go anywhere, I wouldn't worry about vaccines.

Does he take meds for depression? He sounds depressed... I'd be focused on that more than vaccinations.
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Well, he isn't leaving so he isn't that way exposed.
My biggest worry is public transit; it's how I get around the most.
However, you yourself can bring it in and so can all of the visiting nurses who are exposed I would imagine with some frequency. Until he can get a covid vacc I would request they mask and you take good precautions.
Do know that the vacc will not prevent his getting covid. It may lessen his chances to some degree and may lessen the degree of the illness and the chances of long-covid "it is thought".

I would speak with his doctor. We are a Forum of strangers and how it may be handled for us may not work in your own area.
Good luck.
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If you or a visiting nurse bring the virus into the home, dh will get it whether he's "vaccinated" or not. Otherwise, he's already a hermit. "Vaccinations" are the last thing to worry about!
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Covid seems to be getting progressively less intense with each variant, and even if your dad gets it, I'd bet he'd be more likely to die from something else.

I wouldn't worry about a vaccine now.
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I would not worry about getting him vaccinated.
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I remember a lawyaer gave a speach where she was appointed guardianship by a probate judge for several people who were brought to court through APS. She mentioned that even people with intellectual disabilities are allowed to refuse immunizations
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Confer with his PCP about vaccine needs. PCP may be able to recommend a service that can bring vaccine to home or alternative way to get him vaccinated. Perhaps you could have a medical transport service take him to physician for vaccinations, perhaps they would even bring the shots out to transport van so he would not have to go in building. This would be safer than you trying to transport a dementia patient in a car. Have PCP assign a licensed social worker case manager to him or a Geriatric Specialist, both of whom should be very helpful to you to move through the options for his care now and in the future.

Don't forget your own self care!
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Call the local pharmacy. Many can give vaccinations. If you make an appointment, a pharmacist can come into the parking lot to give a vaccination to your loved one in your car.
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No more vax for the poor guy. Leave him be.
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Swanny: Pose your concerns to your LO's primary care physician
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Why does he need any vaccine. I’m 69 and have never had a vaccination since I was a kid and never had the flu/covid. You couldn’t pay me to take those shots.
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Swanny
A flu shot you could more easily get in the home. I know home health care agencies give them. You would need to have his doctor place an order for services.
Covid vaccines have to be refrigerated. They are difficult to get anywhere but in pharmacies or perhaps some urgent cares might have them. As I understand it several shots come in one vial, the serum must be kept refrigerated and since the gov isn’t sending them out free, not as many places have them.
I was finally able to get one for aunt in her NH. Their pharmacy provided. The RSV I have not been able to get. Aunts doctor said the RSV does make them have a little sore muscle and maybe a bit of fever but not to worry if I couldn’t get it.
I had covid last August for the first time. I was very ill. So was DH. He had it back in 21 and no problems at all.
I would keep covid tests at home so you can test him or yourself as needed so you know if that is what he has if he gets sick. The symptoms are very similar and sometimes hard to tell what someone has.
I read that if a person had to go to rehab after a fall etc. try to get the vaccine at the hospital before going in.
I understand your concern.
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Does he really need to be vaccinated? Who is visiting? Adults usually stay away if they are ill. Unless you are bringing in a child I wouldn't worry about it. Use hand-sanitizer and masks if need be.
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