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Planning Tools You Can Use To Meet The Needs Of People With Disabilities In An
Emergency: What To Do, What Not To Do, And What Difference Does It Make?
Dr. Anthony Cahill Senior Research Scientist and
Director, Division of Disability and Health PolicyUniversity of New Mexico School of Medicine
Disclaimer!
The opinions expressed in this presentation are solely those of the author, and do not
represent the official opinions of:
The University of New Mexico
Any Local, State, Intergovernmental Compact or Federal Agency
Any National Government, Anywhere
The United Nations
The United Federation of Planets
Our Agenda
Setting the Stage: Translational Research
Lessons Learned: What Works, What Doesn’t and What Difference Does It Make?
Issues and Possible Mitigation Strategies
Wrapping Up: An Alternative Approach to Disaster Planning
Setting the Stage:
Translational Research
Individual
KnowledgeCreation
KnowledgeMining
Organization
Community
K n o w l e d g eT r a n s l a t i o n
State of the Science Conference
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Internet Resources
Training and Dissemination
Clearinghouse
Social Marketing &Risk Assessment
Literature Review
Preparedness
Search for Best Practices
Review Emergency Management
Policies and Practices
Review CommunityPolicies and Practices
Pre-Investigation Investigation Dissemination
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LESSONS LEARNED:
WHAT DO WE KNOW
AND
HOW WELL DO WE KNOW IT?
Federal Assessments
2006 Nationwide Plan Review
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/Prep_NationwidePlanReview.pdf
Federal Assessments, Continued
Senate Committee on Homeland Security Report
http://hsgac.senate.gov/_files/Katrina/FullReport.pdf
Federal Assessments, Continued
2005 “Failure of Initiative….” Report http://katrina.house.gov/full_katrina_report.htm
Inspector General’s Report on Nursing Homes http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-06-00020.pdf
“Lessons Learned” Information Sharing www.llis.gov
University
Assessments
Impact of Hurricane Katrina
http://www.rtcil.org/products/NIDRR_FinalKatrinaReport.pdf
http://www.nobodyleftbehind2.org/
University Assessments, Continued
Vulnerable Populations: Emergency Preparedness Conference
http://www.umaryland.edu/healthsecurity/mtf_conference/index.html#info
The Impact of Southern California Wildfires
OnPeople With Disabilities
April 2004Disability Organization Assessments
http://www.calsilc.org/impactCAWildfires.pdf
THE IMPACT OF HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A
LOOK BACK AND REMAINING CHALLENGES
Disability Organization Assessments, Continued
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2006/hurricanes_impact.htm
Disability Organization Assessments, Continued
2005 AARP Report: We Can Do Better http://www.aarp.org/research/assistance/lowincome/better.html
2006 Transport Policy Institute Lessons Learned From Katrina and Rita http://www.vtpi.org/katrina.pdf
2005 National Council on Disability Saving Lives Report http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2006/hurricanes_impact.htm
What’s The Bottom Line For You?
Studies are of varying quality
We know a lot about what went right, what went wrong, and what we can do to improve
“Translational Research”: converting what we know into what to do about what matters.
ISSUES AND POSSIBLE MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Issues
Scenarios and Disaster Plans
Personal and Organizational Planning
Identifying and Locating People with Disabilities
Identification of Target Groups
Issues
Scenarios and Disaster Plans
Personal and Organizational Planning
Identifying and Locating People with Disabilities
Defining Target Populations
Issues: Scenarios & Disaster Plans
“The majority of…plans cannot…manage catastrophic events”
“Both plans and exercises are scaled to familiar events”
“Think the unthinkable”
Scenarios & Plans, Continued
Most initial search and rescue is carried out by citizens/survivors
Individuals first turn to other members of “communities of interest” of which they are members
Survivors arrive at shelters/ evacuation points/hospitals by private means, bypassing official systems
Scenarios & Plans, Continued….
Too few health care facility plans at all levels include assessing the medical and functional support needs of people with disabilities
Durable medical equipment, service animals, personal care attendants, medications, transportation, evacuations
Now defined as “essential services”
Emergency Management Under Title II of the ADA
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights DivisionDisability Rights
Section
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters
http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap7shelterchk.htmModule Two: Federal Changes
Emergency Management Under Title II of the ADA, Continued
Emergency managers and shelter operators need to ensure that sheltering programs are accessible to people with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.
Local governments and shelter operators may not make eligibility for mass care shelters dependent on a person’s ability to bring his or her own personal care attendant.
The ADA generally requires emergency managers and shelter operators to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures when necessary to avoid discrimination.
Emergency Management Under Title II of the ADA, Continued
A reasonable modification must be made unless it would impose an undue financial and administrative burden.
This includes modifying “no pets” policies to incorporate service animals, use of kitchen facilities for people with medical conditions, and modifying sleeping arrangements to meet disability-related needs.
Issues
Scenarios and Disaster Plans
Personal and Organizational Planning
Identifying and Locating People with Disabilities
Defining Target Populations
Issues: Personal and Organizational Planning
Too little personal preparedness planning by individuals with disabilities
Too little organizational disaster planning by agencies providing services to people with disabilities
Too little planning for the needs of this population by health emergency management agencies and employers
Resources for Personal Planning
72hours.orghttp://www.72hours.org/index.html
PrepareNow.orghttp://www.preparenow.org/links.html
American Red Cross “Be Prepared Campaign”http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_239_,00.html
Federal Emergency Management Agency “Are You Ready” Campaign
http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/
National Organization on Disability “Prepare Yourself!” Campaign
http://www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=1430&nodeID=1&FeatureID=1625&re
directed=1&CFID=12437936&CFTOKEN=96203152
Module Four: Tools
Resources, Continued
Emergency Planning For People Who Use Assistive Technology Devices Powered By Electricity or Batteries
http://www.jik.com/techartV4.doc
Tips for People With Mobility Limitations from Los Angeles County
http://www.cert-la.com/ESP/ESP-Disabilities-Guide-2006.pdf
American Red Cross “Be Prepared Campaign”http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_239_,00.html
Emergency Preparedness at Home for People With Disabilities
http://www.disabilitypreparedness.org/Emer%20Prep%20at%20home%20rev%206-07-06.pdf
Disaster Preparedness for Persons with Mobility Impairments
www.nobodyleftbehind2.org/ Module Four: Tools
Common Elements of Personal Planning Individuals should be prepared to maintain
themselves for a minimum of 72 hours (three days) without services (food stores, electricity, water, etc.)
Supplies of food and water
Change of clothes
Medications
Flashlight, portable radio, batteriesModule Four: Tools
Common Elements, Continued
Copies of prescriptions
Service information ( Medicare or Medicaid cards, health insurance plan cards, social security card)
First Aid Kit
Food for service animals and DME, if applicable
Contact information for family, caregivers, close friends who could help
Common Elements, Continued
For disasters in which an evacuation might happen, these items should be placed in a “To-Go Kit” – a durable, lightweight container such as a duffle bag.
These items can be used at home in the event of a disaster that requires people to stay in their homes.
Module Four: Tools
Issues
Scenarios and Disaster Plans
Personal and Organizational Planning
Identifying and Locating People with Disabilities
Defining Target Populations
Issues: Identifying and Locating People with Disabilities
…Or, How To Create A Really BAD Registry!
Bad: Collect as much information as you possible can about every aspect of the person's needs and life.
Good: Focus on information that the first responder will need to get the person from their home or other location to a hospital, shelter, etc.
Name
Location
Type(s) of disability
Medication – what and where is it?
Caregivers? If yes, contact information
Durable Medical Equipment? If yes, what and where is it?
Service animals? If yes, what kind, leash or harness, food
Other needs
Issues: Identifying & Locating, Continued
Bad: the bigger the registry, the better!
Good: maintain registries that will be used on a local level.
Bad: create a registry that relies on technology.
Good: technology is great, but make sure there are always hard copies available of the latest version.
Bad: Wait until a disaster happens to let local emergency managers know that the registry exists.
Good: always coordinate your activities with the local emergency management community, particularly the county emergency manager.
Issues: Identifying & Locating, Continued
Federal disability discrimination laws do not prevent employers from obtaining and appropriately using medical or health information necessary for a comprehensive emergency evacuation plan.
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/evacuation.html
Issues
Scenarios and Disaster Plans
Personal and Organizational Planning
Identifying and Locating People with Disabilities
Defining Target Populations
Issues: Defining Target Populations
Prior federal policy contained categories of “Special Needs” populations
Problems include lack of focus and inability to identify specific needs of targeted populations
Gradual replacement of the term with a functional approach
“Special Needs” – the Draft Target Capability on Functional & Medical Support Sheltering
“…the population requiring support accommodated in general shelters is maximized by meeting individual functional and medical support needs….
“What were they doing yesterday?”
Functional And Medical Support Sheltering: How?
Population requiring medication / consumable supplies / DME support
Population requiring functional support (when existing caregiver is not available)
Population requiring medical support
2006 Reauthorization of the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (HR 5441)
Redefines “Special Populations”:
“Before, during and after an incident, members of the population may have additional needs in one or more of the following functional areas: maintaining independence, communication, transportation, supervision or medical care”
WRAPPING UP:
AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DISASTER PLANNING
For More Information:
Dr. Anthony Cahill Center for Development and Disability
2300 Menaul Boulevard NEAlbuquerque, NM 87107(505) 272-2990 phone
(505) 272-9594 [email protected]