全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Improving Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults: Insights from Public Health Departments and Aging-in-Place Efforts

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来源类型	Research Reports
规范类型	报告
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7249/RR2313
来源ID	RR-2313-CDC
	Improving Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults: Insights from Public Health Departments and Aging-in-Place Efforts
	Regina A. Shih; Joie D. Acosta; Emily K. Chen; Eric G. Carbone; Lea Xenakis; David M. Adamson; Anita Chandra
发表日期	2018
出版年	2018
页码	28
语种	英语
结论	Interviews with stakeholders revealed that most age-friendly communities (AFCs) and villages did not place a high priority on promoting disaster preparedness. While most public health departments did engage in disaster preparedness and resilience activities, they were not necessarily tailored to older adults. AFCs and village interviewees cited older adults' challenges with communication and low prioritization of the need to plan for disasters. These organizations also acknowledged their limited awareness of disaster preparedness and lack of demand from their constituents to provide services to help their communities be better prepared. The work of public health departments and aging-in-place efforts is complementary. Improving the everyday engagement of older adults with family, friends, neighbors, and trusted institutions supports other organizations' and agencies' preparedness work by strengthening informal ties and building information networks. Likewise, the work of helping older adults become more resilient to disasters provides an opportunity for older adults to engage with others and learn skills needed to remain in their homes and communities as they age.
摘要	Current aging-in-place efforts can be harnessed to strengthen the disaster resilience of older adults. Existing programs and new collaborations between public health departments and these organizations show promise for improving disaster resilience for older populations. Aligning and extending public health departments' current preparedness activities to include aging-in-place efforts and greater tailoring of existing preparedness activities to the needs of older adults could significantly improve their disaster preparedness and resilience. For jurisdictions that do not have an existing aging-in-place effort, public health departments can help initiate those efforts and work to incorporate preparedness activities at the outset of newly developing aging-in-place efforts.
主题	Community Organizations ; Community Resilience ; The Elderly ; Emergency Preparedness ; Natural Hazards ; Public Health
URL	https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2313.html
来源智库	RAND Corporation (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/108883
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Regina A. Shih,Joie D. Acosta,Emily K. Chen,et al. Improving Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults: Insights from Public Health Departments and Aging-in-Place Efforts. 2018.

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