A review of hurricane disaster planning for the elderly

World Medical and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  McCann, David G C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dialysis; disaster planning; evacuation planning; frail elderly; hurricanes; Incident Management System; nursing homes; residential care facilities

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 79959558679     PISSN: 19484682     EISSN: 21532028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1948-4682.1144     Document Type: Review

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