Bookedited by Charles A. Cefalu, editor.
Summary: 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 elderly, the community-dwelling elderly, home based primary care senior veterans, the immune-compromised elderly, those with multiple and co morbid illnesses, the long-term care elderly, those elderly at the end of life and the effects of disaster on caregivers. A significant portion of the book is also devoted to training, competencies, literacy, cultural competency and resilience in disaster preparedness as well as the role of the academic medical center. The volume concludes with coverage of the management of behavioral, medical and psychological consequences of disasters. Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals is an important new volume and will serve as a guide for the development of programs, policies and procedures for evacuation of seniors during various disaster scenarios.
Contents:
Part I: Introduction
Myths and realities of natural disasters revisited / Erwin A. Aguilar
Part II: Disaster preparedness for special populations of elders
Triaging acute care patients during disaster / Gretchen M. Yandle and Bennett P. deBoisblanc
Disaster planning for community-dwelling older adults: Strengths, weaknesses, and interventions / Lindsay Peterson and Lisa M. Brown
Emergency preparedness for home based primary care senior veterans: Lessons learned from previous experience / Sara A. Tubbesing, Lorie Obal, Joselynn Brazier, Janice Shieh, Lynnette D. Hall, Earline Rogers, Yolanda R. Davis, Denise Coutsouridis, Hilary Elkin, Linda Rollins, Peggy Becker, Miriam E. Schwartz, and Shawkat Dhanani
Disaster and the frail elderly / Lumie Kawasaki
Management of the immune-compromised older adult in a disaster / Marco Ruiz and Thomas Reske
Seniors, disaster mortality, and end-of-life care / Maggie Gibson
The role of informal caregivers for the frail elders in disasters / Jennifer Elkins, Jennifer Holt, and Toni P. Miles
Part III: Long-term care
Building resilience in nursing homes in disasters / Lindsay Peterson, Kathryn Hyer, and Lisa M. Brown
Long-term care faciliites: Challenges and technology / Sandra P. Hirst
Part IV: Training, competencies, literacy, cultural competency and resilience in disaster preparedness
The evolution of academic-based geriatric emergency preparedness and response (GEPR) training for medicine, health, and behavioral sciences / Melen R. McBide, Arleen Johnson, Elizabeth M. Shiels, Nina Tumosa, Judith L. Howe, Judith A. Metcalf, Robert E. Roush, and Joan Weiss
Otucomes of academic-based geriatric emergency preparedness and response(GEPR) training for medicine, health, and behavioral professions
Melen R. McBride, Arleen Johnson, Elizabeth M. Shiels, Judith L. Howe, NinaTumosa, Judith A. Metcalf, Robert E. Rush, and Joan Weiss
The CCOPER project-continuum of care operational preparedness and emergency response / Lisa Harve-McPherson, Allison Bankston, Judith A. Metcalf, and Lori Thayer
Disaster health competencies and their application: Caring for seniors / Kenneth Schor
Contribution to geriatric health and well-being through improving community resilience capacities / Jeffrey Stiefel, Paula L. Scalingi, and Arnauld Nicogossian
Cultural competent care for seniors in disasters / Denise Danna and Kendra Bariier
Literacy and disaster preparedness for seniors / Lisa M. Brown and Jolie Haun
The role of acadmic health centers in disaster preparedness / Sharon Medcalf
Part V: Special topics
Geriatric trauma / Lance E. Stuke, Patrick Greiffenstein, Alan B. Marr, and John P. Hunt
Joplin: Preparedness lessons fom a devastating tornado / Philip W. Smith, Renee Denton, Robert Denton, Dennis Manley, Jason Smith, Rusty Tinney, Austin Worcester, and Sharon M. Medcalf
Mental health consequences of disaster exposure in older adults / Shilpa Srinivasan, Maria D. Llorente, and Meghan Magley
The long-term effect of trauma for disaster victims / Alessandra Scalmati
Seniors during war and civil strife: The Lebanese story / Nabil M. Kronfol and Abla Mehio Sibai.