title: Establishing and refining hurricane response systems for long-term care facilities.
abstract: In February 2006 the John A. Hartford Foundation funded a long-term care "Hurricane Summit," sponsored by the Florida Health Care Association. Representatives from five Gulf Coast states that sustained hurricane damage during 2005 and from Georgia, a receiving state for hurricane evacuees, attended. Summit participants evaluated disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for long-term care provider networks and identified gaps that impeded safe resident evacuation and disaster response. The meeting identified emergency response system issues that require coordination between long-term care providers and state and federal emergency operations centers. Five areas warranting further attention are presented as lessons learned and potential areas for grant making.
authors.affiliation: Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging in the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. khyer@casu.usf.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hyer
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: Lumarie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polivka-West
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035082:Federal Government; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012112:Residential Facilities; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States