Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 2:00 PM ET
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the next upcoming webinar, Tools to Help Care for Older Adults in Disasters, presented by Dr. Cheryl A. Levine, Senior Advisor for At-Risk Individuals at ASPR and Kandra Strauss-Riggs, MPH, Education Director, HJF, NCDMPH/USU.
Dr. Levine will be promoting the latest Capacity-Building Toolkit for including Aging & Disability Networks in Emergency Planning, which was authored by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) in collaboration with the HHS office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the HHS Administration for Community Living (ACL).
Ms. Strauss-Riggs will be promoting the Caring for Older Adults in Disasters curriculum. The purpose of this curriculum is to enable educators to teach health professionals about caring for older adults in disasters. This curriculum can be used by a wide range of health professions.
Registration
Registration is required to receive the event information. Visit the webinar information page to learn more and sign up. Dial=in instructions will be sent prior to the event start.