Disaster preparedness for seniors : a comprehensive guide for healthcare professionals / Charles A. Cefalu, editor
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- 出版: New York, NY : Springer c2014
- 主題: Disaster Medicine--organization & administration , Emergency medicine. , Geriatrics. , Emergency management--Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Geriatrics.
- ISBN: 9781493906642 (hbk.) :: US$158.70 、 149390664X (hbk.)
- 一般註:Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號: 005222511 | 機讀編目格式
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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 -- Provided by publisher