{"id":15471,"date":"2014-12-22T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/2014\/12\/health-information-for-seniors\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:28:44","slug":"health-information-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/fr\/health-information-for-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Information for Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\"><b>Are you over 65?<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\">You may be at increased risk of complications from the flu.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\">As time goes by, the immune system weakens,making it harder to fight off infection.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\"><b>To protect yourself:<\/b> \u2022 Get your flu shot \u2022 Clean your hands often \u2022 Cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand \u2022 Keep common surfaces clean \u2022 Stay home if you are sick<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\">To get more information on flu, please visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fightflu.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\"><u>fightflu.ca<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\"> or consult the following documents:<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:small;\">Health Canada also suggests you some easy steps to maintaining a healthy home in the Environmental Health Guide for Seniors at Home available at the following link:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hc-sc.gc.ca\/hl-vs\/pubs\/seniors-aines\/seniors-enviro-aines-eng.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:blue;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:small;\"><u>http:\/\/www.hc-sc.gc.ca\/hl-vs\/pubs\/seniors-aines\/seniors-enviro-aines-eng.php<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:sans-serif;font-size:small;\"><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you over 65?You may be at increased risk of complications from the flu.As time goes by, the immune system weakens,making it harder to fight off infection.To protect yourself: \u2022 Get your flu shot \u2022 Clean your hands often \u2022 Cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand \u2022 Keep common surfaces clean \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-15471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-seniors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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