Disaster Assistance

Disaster Preparedness Manual for the Aging Network

Commissioned by
THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION ON AGING, FERNANDO M. TORRES-GIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AGING

THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT ON AGING, JOANNE HURST, SECRETARY

MARCH, 1995 -- Produced under the Direction of:

ALICIA VALADEZ ORS, DIRECTOR NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATOR OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS AOA, WASHINGTON, DC
Larry Brewster, Regional Administrator Gregory Wilder, Regional Disaster Coordinator Administration on Aging, Region VII
Richard Wagner, Project Supervisor Ray Menendez Mike Schmidt Editorial Staff Kansas Department on Aging

Table of Contents:

I Preface
II. Executive Summary
III. Older Persons and Their Response to Disaster
IV. The State Unit on Aging
V. Operations of the Area Agency on Aging
VI. Disaster Application Centers
VII. Disaster Social Services
VIII. Fiscal Considerations
IX. Native Americans
X. Disaster Advocacy and Outreach Program
XI. Preventing Abuse and Exploitation of Seniors
XIII. Disaster Manual Planning Committee

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