WHY VACCINATIONS MATTER MORE AS YOU AGE

As you get older our immune system weakens (known as immunosenescence), making you more vulnerable to serious illnesses. Vaccines help protect against the flu, pneumonia, and shingles, reducing hospital visits and preserving independence.

  • Stay Healthy & Active: Prevent such infections that can lead to complication and long recovery times.
  • Maintain Quality of Life: Avoid illness-related pain (eg. from shingles) and mobility issues that affect daily activities.
  • Protect Your Community: Prevent outbreaks in senior living spaces and social settings, where older adults usually live or interact.
  • Save on Healthcare Costs: Prevention is more affordable than treatment in hospitals and/or long-term care, which all of the above diseases require.

Staying vaccinated helps seniors live healthier, safer, and more independent lives

INFLUENZA (FLU) VACCINE

Why it matters:

  • Seniors are at high risk of complications like pneumonia, bronchitis, or worsening chronic conditions (e.g., heart disease, diabetes).
  • Each year, 90% of flu-related deaths occur in adults 65+.

Recommendation:

Annual flu shot (preferably Influvac vaccine for better protection).

Common Side Effects:

Soreness, redness, or swelling at the injection site, Low-grade fever

 

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Pneumococcal (Pneumonia) Vaccine

  • Why it matters:
  • Can cause serious infections like pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream infections.
  • Adults over 65 are most at risk for severe complications.
  • Recommendation:
  • One or more doses depending on vaccine type (Prevnar 13 or Pneumovax 23), based on healthcare provider guidance.
  • Common Side Effects:
  • Pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site
  • Mild fever or chills

TWO DOSE SHINGLES VACCINE

  • Why it matters:
  • Shingles causes a painful rash and can lead to long-term nerve pain (postherpetic neuralgia).
  • 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime, with risk rising sharply after 50.
  • Recommendation:
  • Two-dose Shingrix vaccine, spaced 2–6 months apart.
  • Common Side Effects:
  • Pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site (common and can be more pronounced than other vaccines)
  • Fatigue

Shingrix can cause stronger side effects in some people but typically resolves in 2–3 days.

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Why us?

  1. We offer you the vaccinations in the comfort of your home.
  2. Our partners are reputed suppliers of internationally approved vaccines from global pharmaceutical companies. This allows you to avail of vaccinations at a discount.
  3. The vaccinations are administered by trained nurses and transported in cold boxes to maintain the required levels of temperatures.
  4. Pneumonia vaccine (once in five years) or the one-time Shingles Two Dose Vaccine.

 

 

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Tribeca’s Eldercare Services Include Vaccinations to keep Seniors Safe.

 

 Ensuring senior safety and comfort remain Tribeca Care’s priority. You don’t have to visit a crowded clinic, hospital OPD or doctor’s chamber for your vaccination. Our trained nurses visit you at home, by prior appointment. The vaccinations are sourced from reputed suppliers and transported with cold chain technology.

Try and minimise your coughs and colds and protect yourself from flu symptoms becoming pneumonia, with respiratory complications.
Stay safe. Get vaccinated in the safety of your home.

TriBeCa. Kolkata’s Largest Eldercare Provider.

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