Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals outlines specific disaster scenarios for homebound, community, hospitalized, long term care, homeless and aged veterans. Chapters are written by a diverse group of authors, all of whom offer insight and expertise in training healthcare professionals in preparing for disasters. Topics include myths and realities of natural disasters and disaster preparedness for special populations of elders-the acute care elde…
This book bridges the gap between the theoretical and the practical components of crisis management and response by discussing and presenting research on the benefits and challenges of such partnerships.
Supplying an understanding of social vulnerability and its interplay with emergency management, this book provides information on garnering information to adapt emergency plans for emergency situations. It includes a historical analysis of how disaster monies have been spent as well as how it has been allocated so that it didn't mitigate future events. The authors discuss how harnessing local community intelligence from information centers; such as non-profits and social service providers, com…
This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. The chapters source and contextualize their own research practice within the context of the international research literature.
As a home parenteral nutrition (HPN) user, it is very important to be prepared for an emergency, such as a weather-related emergency or a natural disaster. It is important to plan before an emergency to make sure you will be able to continue your therapy without any interruptions. This pamphlet explains what an HPN emergency plan is, emergency supplies you should have ready, what to do during a power outage, running your HPN by gravity with pump tubing (with diagrams), HPN during an evacuation,…