A 3-year national initiative entitled “PREPARE: Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Training for the Long-Term Care Workforce” had the purpose of training long-term care (LTC) healthcare providers with the core competencies necessary to respond to and recover from large-scale disasters and public health emergencies. Older adults in LTC settings comprise a vulnerable population requiring special attention… Read More »»
Elderly
A national initiative to train long-term care staff for disaster response and recovery.
March 1, 2009
Pharmacist-based intervention to prepare residents of assisted-living facilities for emergencies.
December 1, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To assess views of disaster preparation and readiness of assisted-living residents after a comprehensive program developed and presented by pharmacists on the importance of preparing for an emergency, specifically regarding organizing of medical information. METHODS: Four assisted-living facilities were identified throughout Rhode Island to participate in a 30-minute program conducted by two pharmacists who… Read More »»
SWIFT: a rapid triage tool for vulnerable older adults in disaster situations.
September 1, 2008
BACKGROUND: In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage to parts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, causing many people, including vulnerable older adults, to evacuate to safe surroundings. Approximately 23,000 evacuees–many of them 65 years old or older, frail, and lacking family to advocate for their care–arrived at the Reliant Astrodome Complex in Houston, Texas. There… Read More »»
Assistive Technologies Research: Independent Living for Elderly Persons
February 27, 2008
An intelligent emergency response system: preliminary development and testing of automated fall detection. Lee T, Mihailidis A. Intelligent Assistive Technology and Systems Laboratory, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Canada. J Telemed Telecare. 2005;11(4):194-8. We have designed an intelligent emergency response system to detect falls in the home. It uses image-based sensors. A pilot… Read More »»
Assistive Technology fact sheet
January 1, 2008
Eldercare Locator of the Department of Health and Human Services Format Fact Sheet This fact sheet defines assistive technology, discusses the benefits of assistive technology, describes the factors that seniors should consider when deciding to purchase assistive technology, provides a case study of how conducting a needs assessment and working with a… Read More »»
Disaster preparedness and the chronic disease needs of vulnerable older adults.
December 15, 2007
About 80% of older adults have at least one chronic condition that makes them more vulnerable than healthy people during a disaster. These chronic conditions – combined with the physiological, sensory, and cognitive changes experienced as part of aging – result in frail older adults having special needs during emergencies. Planning and coordination among public… Read More »»
Natural disasters and older US adults with disabilities: implications for evacuation.
March 1, 2007
We analysed 2003 and 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data from New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA to produce estimates of the number of community dwelling people aged 65 years or older with a disability and requiring special equipment.(4) Approximately, 47,840 (31.6 per cent) older adults with a disability and 24,938 (16.6 per cent) older adults… Read More »»
The Olmstead decision and the journey toward integration: the evolution of social work responses.
February 27, 2007
The Olmstead decision declared unnecessary institutionalization as discrimination and triggered an expansion of community-based care for all people with disabilities including the elderly, thus accelerating integration. Setting a context for Olmstead and related social work interventions, this paper describes the evolution of definitions of disability and examines how social work has responded to the development… Read More »»
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