The nurse team would like to highlight cold and flu season and remind people to get annual appointments scheduled if they haven’t already.
See below information from the Support, Inc. Nurse Team:
Just a reminder to get annual appointments completed! The year is almost over so please make sure to schedule annual physicals, annual dental appointments, and annual vision appointments if still needed! These annual appointments are important for continual of care.
We are also entering cold and flu season. As a reminder, please do not send people to work or day program if they are sick. If people arrive at day program/work showing signs of illness, they will be asked to leave and need to be picked up.
Healthy habits to help protect against illness this season:
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Stay home when you are sick.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
- Wash your hands often.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
- Practice other good health habits such as cleaning and disinfecting.
- Getting a flu shot and COVID-19 vaccine can help prevent serious illness. Contact your primary care physician, local pharmacy or use Colorado’s get vaccinated website to find vaccine providers near you.
- People aged 50 and older should get an annual pneumococcal vaccine, people with some risk conditions may be recommended to get the vaccine at a younger age. Speak with primary care physician, for their recommendations.