Disaster Preparedness for Seniors. a Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals

ABOUT THIS BOOK

· Timely resource for clinicians who work with seniors
· Written by experts in the field
· Contains training resources

Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionalsoutlines 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.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Acute Care Patients - Disaster Preparedness - Gerotechnology - Home-bound Elderly - Long Term Care Facilities - PTSD and Disaster Exposure
Related subjects » Critical Care & Emergency Medicine - Family & Geriatric Medicine - Medicine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1
Myths And Realities Of Natural Disasters Revisited
Erwin A. Aguilar, PharmD, MSc, MPH

Section II-Disaster Preparedness for Special Populations of Elders

Chapter 2
Triaging Acute Care Patients during a Disaster
Gretchen M. Yandle, MD, Bennett P deBoisblanc, MD

Chapter 3
Disaster Planning for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Interventions
Lindsay Peterson, M.S., Lisa M. Brown, Ph.D.

Chapter 4
Emergency Preparedness for Home Based Primary Care Senior Veterans: Lessons learned from previous experience
Sarah Tubbesing, MD, MSc, Lorie Obal, PhD, Joselynn Brazier, MD, Janice Shieh, PsyD, Lynnette D. Hall, MSN, RN, Earline Rogers, DNP, FNP-BC, Yolanda R. Davis, LCSW, Denise Coutsouridis, MSW, Hilary Elkin, MSN, FNP, Linda Rollins MSN, RN, Shawkat Dhanani, MD, MPH

Chapter 5
Disasters and the Frail Elderly
Lumie Kawasaki, MD

Chapter 6
Management of the Immune-compromised Older Adult in a Disaster
Marco Ruiz, MD, MPH, Thomas Reske, MD, PhD

Chapter 7
Seniors, Disaster Mortality and End of Life Care
Maggie Gibson, PhD

Chapter 8
The Role of Informal Caregivers for Frail Elders in Disasters
Jennifer Elkins, PhD, Jennifer Holt, PhD, Toni P. Miles, MD, PhD

Section III-Long Term Care

Chapter 9
Building Resilience in Nursing Homes in Disasters
Lindsay Peterson, M.S., Kathryn Hyer, Ph.D., MPP, Lisa M. Brown, Ph.D

Chapter 10
Long-term Care Facilities: Challenges and Technology
Sandra P. Hirst RN, PhD, GNC(C)

Section IV-Training, Competencies, Literacy, Cultural Competency and Resiliance in Disaster Preparedness

Chapter 11
The Evolution of Academic-based Geriatric Emergency Preparedness and Response (GEPR) training for Medicine, Health, and Behavioral Science.
Melen R. McBride, PhD, RN, FGSA, Arleen Johnson, PhD., Elizabeth Shiels, MSSW, LCSW, Nina Tumosa, PhD, Judith L. Howe, PhD, Judith A. Metcalf, ANP- BC, MS,FMGS, Robert E. Roush, EdD, MPH, Joan Weiss, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN

Chapter 12
Outcomes of Academic-based Geriatric Emergency Preparedness and Response (GEPR) training for Medicine, Health and Behavioral Professions
Melen R. McBride, PhD, RN, FGSA, Arleen Johnson, PhD., Elizabeth Shiels, MSSW, LCSW, Judith L. Howe, PhD, Nina Tumosa, PhD, Judith A. Metcalf, ANP-BC, MS, FMGS, Robert E. Roush, EdD, MPH, Joan Weiss, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN

Chapter 13
The CCOPER Project-Continuum of Care Operational Preparedness and Emergency Response
Lisa Harvey-McPherson, RN, MBA, MPPM, Allison Bankston, Project Manager, Judith A. Metcalf, APN-BC, MS,FMGS, Lori Thayer, PhD.

Chapter 14
Disaster Health Competencies and Their Application: Caring for Seniors
Kenneth Schor, DO, MPH, FAAFP

Chapter 15
Contributing to Geriatric Health and Well-being through Improving Community Resilience Capacities
Jeffrey Stiefel, Ph.D., Paula L. Scalingi, Ph.D., Arnauld Nicogossian, MD, FACPM, FACP

Chapter 16
Cultural Competent Care for Seniors in Disasters
Denise Danna, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FACHE, Kendra Barrier, MSN, RN

Chapter 17
Literacy And Disaster Preparedness for Seniors
Lisa M. Brown, Ph.D., Jolie Haun, Ph.D.

Chapter 18
The Role of Academic Health Centers in Disaster Preparedness
Sharon Medcalf, PhD

Section V-Special Topics

Chapter 19
Geriatric Trauma
Lance E. Stuke MD, MPH, John P. Hunt MD, MPH, Patrick Greiffenstein MD, Alan B. Marr MD

Chapter 20
Preparedness Lessons from A Devastating Tornado
Philip W Smith, MD, Renee Denton, BSN, RN, Robert Denton, BHS, RN, PA-C, Dennis Manley, BSN, HRM, CPHQ, Jason Smith, NREMT-P, Rusty Tinney, NREMT-P, Austin Worcester, AAS, BBA, MBA, Sharon Medcalf, PhD

Chapter 21
Mental Health Consequences of Disaster Exposure in Older Adults: From PTSD and Combat Veterans to Vascular Comorbidity
Shilpa Srinivasan, MD, DFAPA, Maria D. Llorente, MD, Meghan Magley, MD

Chapter 22
The long term effect of Trauma for Disaster Victims
Alessandra Scalmati, MD, PhD

Chapter 23
Seniors during Wars and Civil Strife: The Lebanese Story
Nabil M. Kronfol, Abla Mehio Sibai

AUTHORS & EDITORS

Charles A. Cefalu, MD, MS, is Chief of the Section of Geriatric Medicine for the Medical Center of Louisiana and Clinical Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. He graduated from LSU School of Medicine-New Orleans in 1974 and completed a residency in Family Medicine at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA, where he joined the faculty as an Instructor. He later served as Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the program, and through February 1981, he was Residency Director of the program.