Caregiver Emergency Support Checklist: 14 Items
Help caregivers prepare for the changing support needs of someone they assist before, during, and after a disaster.
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๐ก๏ธ Prepare Before an Emergency
Notes: Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Notes: Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Notes: Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Notes: Include their preferences and communication needs whenever possible.
Include their preferences and communication needs whenever possible.
Notes: Share appropriate instructions with backup caregivers.
Share appropriate instructions with backup caregivers.
Notes: Include contacts who can provide transport or wellness checks.
Include contacts who can provide transport or wellness checks.
Notes: Check medical equipment access and care continuity.
Check medical equipment access and care continuity.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Do not change medical treatment without provider advice.
Do not change medical treatment without provider advice.
Notes: Keep essential instructions where authorized helpers can access them.
Keep essential instructions where authorized helpers can access them.
Notes: Ensure alerts reach the caregiver and care recipient.
Ensure alerts reach the caregiver and care recipient.
Notes: Identify time needed to prepare safely.
Identify time needed to prepare safely.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Contact professionals about missed services.
Contact professionals about missed services.
Notes: Watch for distress and seek help when appropriate.
Watch for distress and seek help when appropriate.
Notes: Update phone numbers and consent arrangements.
Update phone numbers and consent arrangements.
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How to Use This Checklist
Help caregivers prepare for the changing support needs of someone they assist before, during, and after a disaster.
Follow current alerts and instructions from local officials. Hazards, climate, geography, access requirements, and household needs can change which actions are appropriate.
Important Safety and Scope Notes
This practical checklist is an independent, English-language adaptation of the Ready.gov preparedness topic. It does not reproduce FEMA publications and is not endorsed by FEMA or any U.S. government agency.
Use this checklist to organize preparations and recovery tasks. In an active emergency, follow the latest official instructions rather than relying on a static checklist.
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