Webinar held on April 16, 2014. Co-sponsored by HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and HHS Administration for Community Living.
Overview
This webinar provides information for those who assist family caregivers in planning for emergencies and disasters. It includes guidance and examples for informing family caregivers on keeping themselves and their loved ones safe in a disaster or emergency by developing personal preparedness plans. The video includes a brief introduction to preparedness planning for family caregivers and the role of HHS in supporting at-risk individuals and family caregivers. Subject-matter experts (SMEs) provide presentations that described the role of caregiving across the lifespan including:
- Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy: Challenges of Sheltering in Place for Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs including Autism
- Supporting Older Americans who are Medically Fragile
- Lessons Learned from 9/11, Katrina, and Sandy for Persons with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
The webinar covers crosscutting issues for family caregiver preparedness including key considerations for family members in creating a preparedness plans, connecting to community resources, advocating for family members needs and interests, participating in community planning activities, creating opportunities for whole community engagement, building community resilience, and initiating relationships and partnerships in advance of an emergency or disaster.
Children
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book: This coloring book is designed for adults and children to work together to learn about fire, earthquakes, floods, tornados and other disasters, as well as how to protect themselves all while having fun coloring.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Ready.gov (2013): Portion of DHS's interactive site that is for parents and teachers to help prepare kids for a disaster.
- The American Red Cross
- Masters of Disaster Preparedness Education (2013)
: The American Red Cross Masters of Disaster curriculum is centered on a series of ready-to-go lesson plans that help both organizations and parents educate children about important disaster safety and preparedness information.
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- FEMA and American Red Cross
Disability
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
- FEMA and American Red Cross
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- DHS FEMA
- FEMA and U.S. Fire Administration
- U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
- Disability.gov (2013): Disability.gov is the federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services in communities nationwide. The site links to more than 14,000 resources from federal, state and local government agencies; academic institutions; and nonprofit organizations. You can find answers to questions about everything from Social Security benefits to employment to affordable and accessible housing.
- National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio All Hazards
- NWR for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (2011): The material provided in this document is general information on how you can use NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) as an alerting tool for the deaf and hard of hearing. This is not an all-inclusive listing of how the system can be used, what products are available or an endorsement of any product listed here.
Older Adults
- HHS Administration on Aging
- HHS National Institutes of Health
- HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- DHS FEMA
- American Red Cross
- Alzheimer’s Association
Homeless
- HHS ASPR
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Culture & Linguistic Diversity
- HHS
- Refugee Health Information Network (2007): A database of quality multilingual, public health resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Resources include health education materials in various languages and formats (brochures, fact sheets, videos), provider tools (including information on refugee populations and cultures), and links to related Web sites.
- DHS FEMA
- Emergency Resources for Other Languages (2011): This webpage contains flyers, brochures, tri-folds, press releases and public service announcements tailored to provide disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation information. The purpose of these webpages is to help people with limited English proficiency levels to receive important life-sustaining and life-saving information when disasters strike.
- National Language Service Corps
- Translation services (2013)
: The NLSC is a readily available group of language volunteers who provide supplemental language resources to U.S. federal agencies.
- Healthy Roads Media
- Translated Material: Emergencies (2012)
: This site contains health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats. They are being developed to provide health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings.
Tribal
- HHS SAMHSA
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Tribal Resource Guide (2013): DHS’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs developed this guide to highlight some of the DHS resources available to Tribal Nations to keep our nations safe and secure.
- Heritage Preservation
Women and Gender
- HHS ASPR
- HHS Office on Women's Health
- CDC
Chronic Medical Disorders
- HHS ASPR
- HHS
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)