3119.0 Emergency Preparedness and Older Adults

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will cover emergency preparedness issues specifically for the elderly population. Topics include portrayal of nursing homes and their residents at times of natural disasters, the relationship between isolation and emergency preparedness, disaster preparedness in San Francisco Chinatown, factors that influence nursing home preparedness, and boomtown effects among aging rural communities that face environmental and social policy issues.
Session Objectives: 1. To describe stereotypes and ethical values underlying portrayal of nursing homes and their residents at times of natural disasters. 2. To analyze the relationships between minority membership, isolation, and chronic disease management and emergency preparedness. 3. To highlight particular issues that emerge in aging rural communities that face environmental and social policy issues with attention to the role of aging.
Moderator:
Keith Elder, PhD, MPH, MPA

10:30am
Portrayals of nursing homes and their residents in American newspapers during natural disasters, 1999-2008: Social justice and the management of disposable lives
Julia Rozanova, PhD, Terrie Fox Wetle, PhD, Edward Miller, PhD and Vincent Mor
10:45am
Social Isolation and Disaster Preparedness in Senior Adults
John Staley, PhD, MSEH, Sonia Alemagno, PhD and Peggy Shaffer-King, MA
        
11:00am
Preparing for disaster in San Francisco Chinatown: A community assessment of organizations addressing the vulnerabilities of seniors
Brooke Sommerfeldt, MPH Candidate, Georgia Schreiber, MPH and Alvaro Morales, MPH Candidate
        
11:15am
Emergency Preparedness of Nursing Homes Providers: A Qualitative Study
Sarah Blake, MA, PhD(candidate), David H. Howard, PhD and Hilary Eiring, MPH
     
11:30am
An examination of an aging community when natural gas drilling comes to town
Sharon Larson, PhD
     
11:45am
Growing challenge of chronic diseases in disasters
Rebecca Horn, MD, MPH, Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH and Rudi Coninx, MD, MPH
        

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Gerontological Health (newly approved name Aging & Public Health)
Endorsed by: Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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