Influenza vaccination of people with dementia in long-stay wards in the United Kingdom: What is going on?
✍ Scribed by Paul Reynolds; Caroline Linton; Nicholas Warner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 31 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.670
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✦ Synopsis
We carried out a survey in order to determine current practice concerning the vaccination of patients with dementia, on long-stay wards, with the influenza vaccine. The Department Of Health's policy (CMO et al., 2000) for influenza vaccination for 2000/2001 is that the vaccination should be offered to all persons over the age of 65 years as well as those of any age with specified physical illnesses and in long-stay residential and nursing homes or other long-stay facilities. This policy has not changed to date.
Studies have shown that influenza vaccination leads to cost effective reduction in morbidity and mortality in such individuals (Ahmed et al., 1995;Govaert et al., 1994;Gross et al., 1995).
Although people with dementia on long stay hospital wards are theoretically included in the criteria for influenza vaccination, an awareness of local variations led us to look at wider practice.
* the goals of care for the individual patient, * the clinical state and prognosis of the individual patient,