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Health Affairs, doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w407 (Published online August 29, 2006) © 2006 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Establishing And Refining Hurricane Response Systems For Long-Term Care Facilities

Kathryn Hyer ^1*, Lisa M. Brown ², Amy Berman ³, LuMarie Polivka-West ⁴

¹ Kathryn Hyer is an associate professor at the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging in the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida (USF), in Tampa.
² Lisa Brown is an assistant professor in the Department of Aging and Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, at USF.
³ Amy Berman, a registered nurse, is a program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, in New York City.
⁴ LuMarie Polivka-West is senior director of the Florida Health Care Association in Tallahassee.

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

In February 2006 the John A. Hartford Foundation funded a long-term care "Hurricane Summit," sponsored by the Florida Health Care Association. Representatives from five Gulf Coast states that sustained hurricane damage during 2005 and from Georgia, a receiving state for hurricane evacuees, attended. Summit participants evaluated disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for long-term care provider networks and identified gaps that impeded safe resident evacuation and disaster response. The meeting identified emergency response system issues that require coordination between long-term care providers and state and federal emergency operations centers. Five areas warranting further attention are presented as lessons learned and potential areas for grant making. [Health Affairs 25 (2006): w407-w411; 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w407]

Key Words: Access To Care, Consumer Issues, Health Philanthropy, Health Reform, Hospitals, Long-Term Care, Public Health, Safety-Net Systems, State/Local Issues

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