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Emergency Planning Guide.


The Assisted Living as·sist·ed living
n.
A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication.
 Federation of America's Disaster Planning disaster planning - disaster recovery  Guide & Tool Kit helps organizations to prepare for a potential emergency evacuation For other uses, see Evacuation.

Emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event. Examples are the evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire and the evacuation of a district because of a
 or sheltering in place. It features in-depth guidance from senior living experts on topics such as hurricanes, terrorist threats, electrical outages, and pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik)
1. a widespread epidemic of a disease.

2. widely epidemic.


pan·dem·ic
adj.
Epidemic over a wide geographic area.

n.
 flu. It also has information on advanced evacuation planning, including checklists, templates, and interactive tools; mobilizing medication management programs, including tips for protecting medical records and equipment; and reopening a community, including building safety, staffing, supplies, and communication.

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