Emergency Preparedness
This information may be used and adapted by health care
providers such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities and FDDs to
prepare for possible emergency situations.
Sample Emergency Plans
& Plan Templates are provided to give
health care providers guidance for the development of emergency plans that can be
adapted to the unique needs of each facility.
Minimum Level of Readiness Indicators are actions
that health care providers are encouraged to take, to become prepared for "all
hazards". This information also contains "best practices"
on how other health care providers are implementing these indicators.
Training and Education is critical to build and
maintain proficiency and competency in health care staff. (Training
and Education material will be added in the future - this information is
not yet available.)
Exercises are the means by which health care staff will
know how to act and respond in a disaster. This information contains
template exercises that can be used at a health care facility to test various parts
of an Emergency Plan. (Exercises will be added in the future - this
information is not yet available.)
State Expert Panel on Long-Term Care Facilities is
a panel of providers that has been charged with providing and developing
resources for all types of residential care facilities.
Additional Resources related to emergency preparedness
are listed below:
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Last Revised: July 14, 2009 |
