Emergency Preparedness

HHS awards $352 million to providers for disaster preparedness

July 06, 2011

The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it is awarding $352 million in grant money to help healthcare providers improve disaster preparedness efforts.
 

Frequent escape drills saved elderly at Japanese nursing home in the path of tsunami

April 25, 2011

Highlighting the need for emergency planning, a nursing home in Japan credits regular evacuation drills with saving its residents.
 

Feds spending billions to prepare for more complex flu season

July 15, 2009

In light of the continued spread of the H1N1 virus and the approaching 2009-2010 flu season, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced the allocation of billions of dollars in influenza preparedness funding and additional vaccine purchases.
 

Senate Aging Committee to focus on emergency preparedness

June 19, 2009

Best practices for assisting seniors and the disabled before, during and after natural or manmade disasters will be the topic of a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing Wednesday morning. Local, state and federal officials, including LuMarie Polivka-West, MSP, senior vice president of policy for the Florida Health Care Association, will testify at the hearing. Florida long-term care officials have been among the leaders in designing policies and practices for dealing with hurricanes and other disaster scenarios. Topics will include terrorism preparedness and responses.
 

Report: Emergency-planning efforts for frail elderly need greater emphasis

May 19, 2009

Future emergency planning efforts must take into account shifting demographics, particularly the growing number of frail elderly people, according to a new report.
 

Officer ordered accused nursing home shooter to drop gun three times before downing him

April 13, 2009

The police officer being called a hero for halting a North Carolina shooting rampage that left seven residents and one nursing aide dead said he was just doing his job when he entered the building alone.
 

Authorities looking for answers after gunman kills eight at North Carolina nursing home

March 30, 2009

A 45-year-old local man with no apparent ties to the Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, NC, walked into it Sunday morning and shot 11 people. He killed seven residents and a nurse and was shot himself before being taken into custody. A responding police officer who confronted the gunman in a facility hallway, was among those shot but in good condition, officials said.
 

New England nursing homes well-equipped for ice storm

December 16, 2008

More than four days after a massive ice storm devastated much of the Northeast, nursing homes have emerged from the disaster relatively unscathed.
 

Hurricane Gustav: Nursing home evacuations run smoothly this time

September 03, 2008

In stark contrast to three years ago, when the elderly, and nursing home residents in particular, were especially hard hit by Hurricane Katrina, authorities were reporting smooth evacuation processes took thousands of elderly out of harm's way.
 

Study: Seniors getting shorted on emergency care

August 20, 2008

An apparently unconscious age bias among emergency room services personnel, along with a lack of knowledge on how to care for the elderly, could be leading to a distinct lessening of care for seniors, researchers say.
 

Study: Most nursing homes don't have pandemic flu plans ...

July 23, 2008

Fewer than a quarter (23%) of all nursing homes have a plan for dealing with a massive flu outbreak, according to a new study. About 25% had a pandemic response as part of a broader overall disaster plan.
 
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