Immunizations in Long-term Care Facilities

Why vaccinate long-term care residents?

• They have a high risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, flu and RSV.
  • COVID-19 hospitalizations are 8 times higher for nursing home residents.
    • CDC MMWR: COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, and Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Among Residents in Nursing Homes — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, October 2023–February 2024
  • Adults 65 years of age and older have the highest rates of hospitalization during most flu seasons.
    • CDC FLUVIEW: Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations
  • 17% of hospitalized patients with RSV were long-term care residents.
    • CDC MMWR: Characteristics and Outcomes Among Adults Aged ≥60 Years Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Respiratory Syncytial Virus — RSV-NET, 12 States, July 2022–June 2023

Additional resources

• Long-term Care: COVID-19
  Information and resources related to testing, infection prevention and control, vaccination and more.
• Long-term Care: Influenza
  Interim guidance, vaccination information and other resources for long-term care facilities.