BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:466@swflcoalition.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T170000 DTSTAMP:20250418T210845Z URL:https://swflcoalition.org/events/building-disaster-resilience-for-care givers-awr-308/ SUMMARY:Building Disaster Resilience for Caregivers (AWR-308) DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Description:\n Indiv iduals with medical\, functional or access needs are particularly vulnerab le to natural hazards. Factors such as physical limitations\, mental ailme nts\, and medication requirements are issues of concern for caregivers. Th ese specific needs\, amongst other considerations for natural hazards\, mu st be addressed in preparedness plans for these at-risk individuals. This course provides healthcare professionals\, emergency medical services\, an d citizen/community volunteers involved with the care giving of individual s with medical\, functional\, or access needs with a basic understanding o f natural hazards\, risk\, vulnerability\, and disaster preparedness. The course will enable participants to discuss best practices to prepare for t he impacts of local natural hazards\, identify methods of assisting care r eceivers to prepare for natural disasters and identify appropriate prepare dness actions to take during a disaster.\n This course will familiarize p articipants with the science of natural hazards\, best practices associate d with personal disaster preparedness\, and disaster preparedness consider ations for those with access and functional needs. Participants will be in troduced to all three categories of hazards\, but course instruction will focus on those natural hazards relevant to participants’ local area. Par ticipants will also be introduced to best practices for personal preparedn ess prior to a disaster and encouraged to discuss plans and actions that t hey have already taken. Participants will then explore special considerati ons for disaster preparedness for dependents and those with access and fun ctional needs. Finally\, a class activity will be presented to allow parti cipants to test their ability to prepare and react to a natural hazard.Cou rse Modules:\n\n Caregiver Preparedness\n Care Receiver Preparedness\n Comprehensive Activity\n\n\n\n \;\n\n Instructor(s):\n Thomas Bogart \n\nTarget Audience:\n\n Emergency Managers\n General Public\n Senior H ealth Care Providers:\n\n Family Members\n Friends\n Personal Attendant s\n Home Health Agencies\n In-house services\n Roommates\n Medical per sonnel\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nRegister for course here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Partner Events,Trainings & Exercises END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR