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by Danielle Hassel, CNA<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Caregiver Lead for Assisting Hands Rockford<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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5 Steps to Keep Your Elderly Safe<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div> <\/div> [vc_empty_space]

We feel it is important to share these resources so you can protect your loved ones. There are 5 steps to keep your elderly safe, caregivers & their families<\/strong>\u00a0during the “triple threat” upon us this winter season. Triple Threat?!? Yes! We have persevered through the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as a community. Now, let us all forge together to fight the rest of this Cold & Flu, COVID-19 and RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) season to protect the vulnerable, elderly population<\/strong>. Below is a very informative graphic that compares signs and symptoms of each communicable disease impacting our communities currently:<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

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\u2022 RARELY \u2022\u2022 SOMETIMES \u2022\u2022\u2022\u00a0OFTEN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Symptoms<\/th>\nCold<\/th>\nFlu<\/th>\nCovid-19<\/th>\nR.S.V.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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\u2022<\/span>Rarely<\/td>\n\u2022<\/span>Rarely<\/td>\n\u2022<\/span>Rarely<\/td>\n\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/span>Often<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>
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*A stuffy nose may temporarily decrease the ability to taste or smell but it does not cause a sudden, complete loss of these senses.<\/p>\n

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

(Infographic found in\u00a0The New York Times<\/i>\u00a0article here: <https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/13\/well\/covid-flu-rsv-symptoms.html<\/a>>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div> [vc_empty_space]
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Protect your elderly and loved ones! <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are 5 steps to keep your elder safe:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Handwashing is above all the number one way to preventing the spread of germs and other infectious agents of disease. Recommendations are set forth that one washes their hands:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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