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____________ Kentucky Links KY Department for Public Health KY Community Crisis Response Board KY Office of Homeland Security KY Outreach & Information Network -- KOIN ____________ National Links National Organization on Disability ____________ World Health Org. Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) ____________ Resources Agency Emergency Plan template Family Emergency Plan template ____________ |
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VIDEO CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITY ACROSS KENTUCKY The Kentucky Summer Series on Aging is pleased to announce a free video conference for long term care providers, health department personnel and community-based organizations serving seniors offered through the ITV facilities at regional health departments across Kentucky. The
workshop entitled, Emergency Readiness
in Long Term Care, will be held from 3:30-5:00 (EDT)
on June 23, 2008 Register Now!!. HEALTH LITERACY: ARTICLES & RESOURCES
____________________________ EMERGENCY READINESS IN LONG TERM CARE VIDEO CONFERENCE The Kentucky Summer Series on Aging is pleased to announce a free videoconference for long term care providers, health department personnel and community-based organizations serving seniors offered through the ITV facilities at regional health departments across Kentucky. The workshop entitled, Emergency Readiness in Long Term Care, will be held from 3:30-5:00 (EDT) on June 23, 2008. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita brought national attention to the vulnerability of elders and highlighted the need to coordinate resident and staff evacuation of long term care facilities. The session will compare the National Response Plan and Stafford Act as the foundation documents for federal disaster preparedness planning and response, with the work being accomplished at the local, state, and regional levels. The "Evacuation Decision-Making Criteria for Nursing Homes" will be presented and discussed with a focus on the key decision points around evacuation or "sheltering in place." The software template being developed with the support of the John A. Hartford Foundation and the "aligned disaster preparedness guide will be presented and discussed as the basis for the regional planning model. Video Conference Learning Objectives The presenter for this videoconference is LuMarie Polivka-West, MSP. Ms. Polivka-West is the Senior Vice President, Chief of Clinical Services, with the Florida Health Care Association and is responsible for the planning and implementation of long term care related policies and programs, and staffing the Quality Credentialing Program and serves as the Principal Investigator for the John A. Hartford Foundation Disaster Preparedness grant. Currently 11 Health Departments across the state will be hosting the training on Monday, June 23rd from 3:30-5:00pm. Please register for this training 1) on TRAIN AND 2) completing an OVAR-GEC registration information form. Handouts and Social Work CE request forms will be forwarded prior to the training. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might be interested. We look forward to having you join us on the 23rd. For more information, please contact us at Diana Lockridge or 859-257-2658. Please register: 1) on TRAIN Course # 1012281 AND 2) complete an OVAR-GEC registration information form. ____________________________ Health literacy
is defined as "the degree to which people have the capacity to
obtain, process and understand basic Links:
____________________________ HEALTH LITERACY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS The risk
factors that operate for elders with low health literacy can be amplified
at a time of emergency response In the event of a mandatory evacuation to a community shelter, an individual emergency plan (in their own language and in English) needs to accompany the elder. Shelters and shelter operators are not equipped for special needs populations, especially those who have limitations with communication, language, ambulation, stress management or cognitive impairment. Problems with transportation may occur and access to needed medications and medical equipment, dietary needs and assistance with activities of daily living such as feeding, bathing and toileting may not be available. An updated emergency plan attached to the evacuee may serve to give voice to the needs of the elder and provide the professionals at the shelter site with necessary health information about the evacuee to mitigate negative consequences. Links:
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| LESSONS
LEARNED
Significant learning has occurred as a result of the devastating hurricanes in 2005 to hit the Gulf Coast, particularly for vulnerable elders and persons living with disabilities. Gaps in health literacy at the individual level, professional level and organizational level exacerbated the stresses of the trauma and may have contributed to negative outcomes for vulnerable elders even through the recovery phase. In a report following the Houston response to Hurricane Katrina where 23,000 persons were evacuated from New Orleans to the Houston Astrodome, dramatic evidence was reported of the stresses on seniors even months after the Hurricane. Baylor College of Medicine set up a medical unit within hours of evacuee arrivals. Of those seen in the unit, 56% were seniors. Of those who died after evacuation, 64% were 60 or over. The majority died of chronic health conditions. During the evacuation period at the Astrodome, many elders could not manage bathing or toileting due to physical, medical or cognitive impairment. Some lost eyeglasses, hearing aids and other personal medical equipment including wheel chairs severely limiting their ability to self-manage. Some frail seniors were separated from their families in transport or had no family to be with in the shelter. As a result, gerontological professionals formed advocacy teams, Seniors Without Families Triage teams to address the needs of the seniors until the evacuation response effort was completed. This group of professionals learned how critical it is for organizations and professionals to plan for disaster response to include provisions for frail elders and persons with disabilities before an emergency. This in essence is professional and organizational health literacy. Ten
Recommendations for Best Practices came out of the review by
the Baylor teams and the American Medical Assn. following the Katrina
experience for the management of elderly disaster victims. Links: ____________________________
Asian Languages (Chinese, Hmong , Japanese, Hindi, Korean, Marshallese, Tagalog, Vietnamese) African Languages (Somali) Middle Eastern Languages (Arabic) _____________________________ UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY / UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE TRAINING RESOURCES Regional
Trainings Dates of Upcoming Trainings Across Kentucky:
____________________________ LOANABLE TRAINING RESOURCES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AGING LIBRARY To reserve items below, please call UK OVAR Geriatric Education Center (859) 257-2658
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