The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may soon intensify its reform agenda focus on emergency planning, one of many areas targeted in President Biden’s 21-point nursing home plan unveiled ...

The images of death and destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina are difficult to describe with mere words alone. The pictures are incomprehensible. The response will be the largest disaster ...

More than a quarter of state survey agencies lack adequate emergency preparedness skills, a new federal report shows. Partnering with other agencies and skilled nursing facilities could be a solution ...

Last year, the US was slammed by a record 28 disasters related to weather and climate that inflicted damage exceeding $1 billion. There have already been 11 billion-dollar disasters in the country ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Health had a meeting to address nursing home preparedness during the peak of hurricane season. The Louisiana Department of Health informed ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objectives: To assess "at-home" preparedness and barriers to preparedness in a cohort of public health employees. Method: Conducted a ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Home Safety Council: WHAT: On September 20, as part of the National Preparedness Month, Chairman Bennie Thompson (D ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Health had a meeting to address nursing home preparedness during the peak of hurricane season. The Louisiana Department of Health informed ...