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Community Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Disaster Assistance: Ready, Willing or Able?

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Author	Nelson, H. Wayne Yang, Bo Kyum Netting, F. Ellen Monahan, Erin
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	The high elder care death toll of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, pushed the federally mandated Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) into the unsought and unforeseen realm of disaster preparedness. This new role was an extension of the LTCOP’s historic resident’s rights investigative case advocacy. To assess if, how, and to what extent local ombudsmen adapted to this new function, 102 local LTCOP leaders completed a telephone survey based on the CMS Emergency Planning Checklist. This assessed their own and their programs’: (a) readiness to help facilities reduce disaster threats to residents, (b) familiarity with relevant disaster laws, rules, and resources; (c) readiness to help residents through the disaster cycle; and (d) levels of disaster training and/or their plans to provide such training to their staff and LTC stakeholders. Forty-two respondents (41.13%) had experienced a public disaster but over half or those responding (n = 56, 54.90%) felt fairly to somewhat prepared to help in a public crisis. After being ready to work away from their office during a crisis ( $\bar{x}$ = 4.14, SD = 1.00) respondents felt most prepared “to assist during nursing home emergency closure and evacuation” ( $\bar{x}$ = 3.86, SD = 1.09). t-tests revealed that respondents with a disaster experience were significantly more prepared in all assessed dimensions than as those without disaster experience. The study highlights the training needs of ombudsmen in high risk areas to better prepare them for disaster mitigation in nursing homes.
Related Links	https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/journals/jhsem/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-jhsem-2019-0015/article-10.1515-jhsem-2019-0015.pdf
ISSN	21946361
e-ISSN	15477355
DOI	10.1515/jhsem-2019-0015
Journal	Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	17
Language	English
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publisher Date	2020-07-14
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Gerontology Emergency Volunteers Nursing Home Ombudsman Disaster Readiness Journal: Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Issue- 7/8
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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