• People 65 years and older and their caregivers/household contacts

• Residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities
  

• Children and adults with chronic health conditions, including obesity, and their household contacts

• Children and adolescents (six months to 18 years) with conditions treated for long periods of time with acetylsalicylic acid, and their household contacts

• Healthy children age six months to five years of age

• Household contacts and caregivers of infants age zero to 59 months

• Aboriginal peoples (on and off reserve)

• All pregnant women and their household contacts

• Health care and other care providers in facilities and community settings who are capable of transmitting influenza to those at high risk of influenza complications

• People who provide essential services including first responders and correction officers

• People who work with live poultry
  

• People planning to visit loved ones in a health care facility or who will take family members to outpatient appointments
  

As people age, they become more susceptible to flu-related complications because the immune system weakens as people age. As a result, seniors are less responsive to the standard flu vaccine.

Fluzone High-Dose contains 4 times the antigen of a standard flu vaccine so it can better protect seniors 65 years and older. In one study it was found to be 24% more effective than the regular flu vaccine.  

The vaccine is available at some pharmacies, and at the VCH Travel Clinic for $75.