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Older adults are among the most vulnerable when disaster strikes. That’s why it’s critical that older people, and those who care for them, prepare for emergencies. If you’re an older adult, or care for an older person, follow this checklist to prepare for and respond in an emergency.

Keep this plan in an easy-to-find, easy-to-remember place (for example, with your emergency kit). Use it in conjunction with the Household Preparedness Guide and the companion In it Together: Neighbourhood Preparedness Guide at gov.bc.ca/PreparedBC. .

You and your family could be on your own for several days while emergency responders work to save lives and manage the aftermath. It may be weeks before infrastructure, utilities and essential services are restored. Are you prepared to cope? Completing the steps in this guide will help you to answer

This foundational document is intended to: Facilitate conversations between public health practitioners, planners and others involved in land-use and transportation planning. Assist toolkit users in applying health evidence. Inform built environment decision-making processes. Be a navigational

Learn how to protect yourself and cope with disaster by planning ahead. Even if you have physical limitations, you can still protect and prepare yourself.

This brief lays out an approach to changing public thinking about aging in America. The goal of the strategy summarized here is to increase public support for policies and practices that can be advanced to support a robust, healthy, age-integrated society. The brief touches on the patterns in public

An Empirical Approach to Reframing Aging and Ageism: If you use communications to make the case for adapting society to the needs of an aging population, the evidence-based insights here will be useful to you, and will provide guidance that helps you work more intentionally toward messaging that adv