“When you’re older, many infectious diseases cause more complications or are more severe. This is partly because an older person sometimes already has other chronic illnesses or because the immune system functions less well in later life. “Therefore, vaccination of older people and their loved ones is extremely important.
1. Flu
2. Meningitis, pneumonia and pneumococcal septicemia.
If an older person has an increased risk of pneumococcal infection due to health conditions, the vaccination schedule will be adapted. It is advisable to discuss this with your doctor.
Booster vaccination is recommended in adulthood, without age restrictions, to reactivate immune protection against certain diseases:
1. Whooping cough
2. Diphtheria
3. Tetanus
Booster vaccinations against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough should be given every 10 years.
In special situations (health conditions, travel and living conditions, etc.), older people are recommended to be vaccinated against certain diseases: hepatitis A and hepatitis B, chickenpox-shingles, whooping cough, Covid-19.
Detailed information on the Vaccination-Info website.
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