You should wear a mask with just a cold around ANY elderly person!! I am caring for my 90yr old mom and I have to be extremely careful to not come in contact with her even with a cold!! A cold can develop into bronchitis or pneumonia in the elderly!!
*** am caring for my 90yr old mom and I have to be extremely careful to not come in contact with her even with a cold!! A cold can develop into bronchitis or pneumonia in the elderly! ***
Give her guiafenesin. No med interactions, and thins mucus secretions so gunk doesn’t build up in lungs. That is guaifenesin, NOT guaifenesin w/ dextromethorphan.
My folks live in an "assisted living facility". It's a lower level of care than the WA facility, which was a "skilled nursing facility" AKA Nursing Home, where most folks are bed ridden, in a wheelchair, or have some illness that requires constant monitoring by skilled persons, like an RN or better.
But to your point, the place where my folks live is VERY serious about colds, flu, or any illness. In assisted living, a flu infection carries a very high risk of death, and will more likely than not require hospitalization. Sadly, many if not most of the patients at the WA Nursing Home will not survive this bug. Hopefully this small outbreak is contained, and does not become a large outbreak.