Citation
(2002), "Elder Update", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 224-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2002.11.3.224.8
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
“Disaster Preparedness Guide for Elders.” Vol. 11 No. 3 (June 2001). Subscriptions are free. To obtain a copy, contact the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, PO Box 6750, Tallahassee, FL 32314‐6750; e‐mail: eueditor@elderaffairs.org. The Elder Update is also available on‐line: www.myflorida.com/doea/healthfamily/learn/elderservices/doeaelderupdate.html.
The Florida Department of Elder Affairs publishes a monthly newsletter that covers topics of interest to older adults. This issue provides 24 pages of information on disaster preparedness for the older generation. Articles address such important topics as manufactured home safety, evacuation assistance, insurance, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, safety tips for motorists in emergencies, emergency preparedness supplies, protecting valuable records, wildfire safety, pets and disasters, thunderstorms and lightning, heat stress, drought, chemical emergencies, understanding grief and building a disaster resistant neighbourhood.
(Above reviews extracted from recent issues of the Natural Hazards Observer, 2002).