Webinar on
Supporting Older Adults in Emergencies: Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
ACL, CDC, HRSA, and NIA are partnering to provide a new series
of webinars: Focus on
Aging: Federal Partners’ Webinar Series. This webinar series
will address important topics for public health and health care
professionals, aging services organizations, the research community, and
other stakeholders in aging. Each webinar will include information specific
to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, as
well as their caregivers.
This May
13 webinar will be the first of the Focus on Aging series,
and will emphasize emergency preparedness.
The program will include:
- Background on Emergency
Preparedness and resources;
- Practical examples of Preparedness, Response And
Recovery;
- Review of Red Cross Report
- Closing the Gaps:
Advancing Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery for Older
Adults:
- CDC Covid Review
Presenters:
- Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil,
FRCPC, Sinai Health
- Margaret Sanders, MA, LSW,
Northeast Ohio Medical University
- Jeffrey Klein, FACHE,
Nevada Senior Services
- Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP,
University of South Florida
- Nia Reed, PhD, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
|
No comments:
Post a Comment