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Evaucation Assistance for our Elderly and Special Needs People

This includes assisted-living, residential care homes, board and cares, adult residential and other special needs facilities. I have put a Disaster Prepardeness Task Force in place in San Diego County to represent such communities...so in the event of an evacuation, they will receive the assistance to relocate from one facility to another - with the collaborative efforts of the local, city and county emergency services. I have been working on this project since April 2010, voluntary...speaking at events, attending meetings for providers and administrators - to raise Disaster Preparedness Awareness - and help them become proactive and self-reliant at the same time - as they are responsible for the direct, quality care of the elderly and special needs they oversee in their facilties. I would like to take this model to other cities, counties and states. I enjoy doing this and very passionate about it...a Disaster Preparedenss Evacuation system is NEEDED for our Elderly and Special Needs communities! If there are existing-like systems/task forces out there, please let me know!

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Submitted by Joyce Ballesteros 2 years ago

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  1. Summer DeBastiani

    I agree we need to train this population to be pro-active and self-reliant. I'm not sure if providing the transportation for them is the way to do this. I know of assisted-living and residential care homes in Florida when, after receiving the appropriate educational training, set up their own transportation and sheltering plans coordinated and partnered with other similar care facilities located a certain (safe) distance away from each other. I feel that promoting this type of educational training is essential, but providing the transportation itself is not promoting self-reliance.

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  2. Frank Austin

    Yes...What's the plan? There are those that are forced to rely on others, and are the others going to be there?

    2 years ago
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