Executive Summary -- -- Introduction -- The Older adult population -- Definitions -- Vulnerable populations -- -- Overarching Considerations -- Developing plans -- Identifying and reviewing selected legal authorities -- Defining categories of emergencies and hazards -- Using operational models of emergency management -- -- Strategies and Options for Identifying Vulnerable Older Adults -- Characterizing the population -- Using geographic information systems (GIS) -- Building, maintaining, and using registries -- Using shelter intake procedures to identify vulnerable older adults -- -- Action Options -- -- Moving Forward -- -- References -- -- Appendix A. How This Guide Was Developed -- Work group guidance -- Internet and database research -- Field-based research -- -- Appendix B. Glossary -- -- Acknowledgments

"This guide is intended to help close many of the gaps in emergency planning and preparedness for vulnerable older adults. In particular, it aims to give public health officials, the Aging Services Network, emergency management personnel, and essential partners from other sectors and at all jurisdictional levels (community, regional, tribal, and state) the critical information, strategies, and resources they need to improve the planning for and protection of vulnerable, community-dwelling older adults during all types of emergencies (often referred to as all-hazards emergencies)." - p. v

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