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Senior Health Fair/ Flu & Pneumonia Shot Clinic

SENIOR HEALTH FAIR / FLU & PNEUMONIA SHOT CLINIC

The Town of Windsor Health Department and Windsor Senior Center will be sponsoring the Annual Senior Health Fair / Flu and Pneumonia Shot Clinic for Windsor Seniors on Thursday October 3, 2013 from 8:30am - 12:30pm at the LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095.   

 

Come visit over 30 vendors offering free health screenings, services and give-aways including FREE chair massage, hearing tests, blood pressure, cholesterol/lipid panel, balance testing, vision screening, blood sugar testing and much more.  Enjoy the delicious goodies at the Senior Bake Sale table.  Flu Shots will be offered to Windsor residents age 50 and over and adults with disabilities age 18 and over.   Pneumonia Shots will be offered to Windsor residents age 55 and over who meet the criteria.      

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The cost of the shots is covered by the following insurance; Medicare Part B, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, ConnectiCare and Cigna; otherwise the cost is $25.00 for the flu shot and $55.00 for the pneumonia shot.  Participants MUST bring their Medicare and/or any other insurance cards to the Health Fair for verification of coverage. 

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Influenza (the Flu) is a serious disease passed from one infected person to another.  The flu can cause chills, fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches.  It can lead to pneumonia and death.  The Flu can cause people of all ages to become ill but most deaths occur in the elderly.  There are many different influenza viruses and those, which most commonly cause disease, change from year to year. It is important to get a flu shot each year in the months before the flu season arrives but should not be given too early in the season to seniors in order to maximize the coverage against the Flu into the spring months.  It is important to know that you can not get the flu from the flu shot.         

 

For more information please call (860) 285-1824 OR (860) 285-1992






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