Older Adults Disaster Preparedness Checklist: 14 Items
Prepare a tailored emergency plan for older adults, including support networks, medications, transportation, and independent needs.
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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 meals, transport, mobility, and healthcare appointments.
Include meals, transport, mobility, and healthcare appointments.
Notes: Agree how they will check in and assist if phone service fails.
Agree how they will check in and assist if phone service fails.
Notes: Ask providers about safe emergency continuity plans.
Ask providers about safe emergency continuity plans.
Notes: Confirm routes, mobility equipment, and transport assistance.
Confirm routes, mobility equipment, and transport assistance.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Make copies that are easy to read without a phone.
Make copies that are easy to read without a phone.
Notes: Add appropriate batteries or chargers.
Add appropriate batteries or chargers.
Notes: Practice reaching a safer location with the support network.
Practice reaching a safer location with the support network.
Notes: Consider text, audio, or visual warnings.
Consider text, audio, or visual warnings.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Confirm immediate needs and safe whereabouts.
Confirm immediate needs and safe whereabouts.
Notes: Follow medical advice instead of improvising treatment.
Follow medical advice instead of improvising treatment.
Notes: Reassess mobility and contact information periodically.
Reassess mobility and contact information periodically.
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How to Use This Checklist
Prepare a tailored emergency plan for older adults, including support networks, medications, transportation, and independent needs.
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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