Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines in elderly people: a systematic review.

By T. Jefferson, D. Rivetti, A. Rivetti, M. Rudin, C. Pietrantonj, V. Demicheli. The Lancet, 2005

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Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (2007, background): “In longterm-care facilities, vaccination of health care workers with influenza vaccine is an important preventive health measure [318, 320, 321].”
Immunosenescence of ageing (2007, neutral): “Combined data from multiple studies on influenza vaccines show that in the elderly (aged 65+ years), effectiveness (measured by the prevention of influenzalike illness) was 23%, while in healthy children (aged 2+ years) the effectiveness was higher, at 38% [128,129].”