Older Adults & Those with Health Concerns

During emergencies and disasters, it is especially important to provide assistance to those people with special needs. These include the elderly and disabled and people with limited English proficiency (LEP). The Red Cross has developed materials to assist these individuals. The following websites provide specific information.

For People Who are Elderly or Have a Disability

Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities (PDF) has been designed to help people who have physical, visual, auditory, or cognitive disabilities to prepare for natural disasters and their consequences.

Limited English Proficiency (LEP) as well as information in other languages:
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_504_,00.html

Are You Prepared to Handle Diabetes During a Disaster?

If you have diabetes and are wondering whether you're prepared for a unexpected disaster, then head for the website of the American Association for Diabetes Educators. There you'll find a Diabetes Disaster Response Toolkit that contains an abundance of information on nearly every aspect of getting prepared and helping your local diabetes community do the same. The toolkit, which was put together by the Alamo Association of Diabetes Educators in Texas, will help any educator or member of the public get ready to handle diabetes during a flood, earthquake, or any other natural or human-made disaster.

More information can also be found here, at the Diabetes Health website.



Hurricane Preparedness Tips from AARP

AARP's Operation Hurricane is a complete list of tips, in both English and Espaņol for individuals and for groups. Click here to visit the site.