According to the Nursing Facility Licensing Standards for the state of Louisiana, nursing facilities should have an emergency preparedness plan in place, ready to be executed. Nursing home ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may soon intensify its reform agenda focus on emergency planning, one of many areas targeted in President Biden’s 21-point nursing home plan unveiled ...

Experts are predicting that nursing home surveyors are going to start digging in on facilities’ emergency preparedness plans. Facilities, thus, need to take this seriously now to avoid increased ...

Having an emergency preparedness plan for you, ... Here are 4 steps to create an emergency preparedness plan when you have to leave your home. 1. Take pictures of everything.

Emergency supplies are an essential part of a preparedness plan. You can assess your supply needs by thinking about where you spend extended periods of time. If you work outside the home, you might ...

In light of COVID-19, all emergency preparedness plans should add in work-from-home policies and employee health concerns, among other things.

Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the U.S., according to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). And just one inch of flooding can cost a homeowner $26,807 for a one ...

At home, create a plan that covers all types of emergency situations. One plan does not fit all scenarios. For instance, you do not want to exit the home in a severe weather situation, but in a ...

But approving or denying those plans is something local emergency management agencies are already supposed to do yearly. The Hollywood nursing home’s plan was renewed as recently as July 21.

Monday’s topic is “Family Preparedness Plans & NOAA Weather Radios.” When making any severe weather plan, the first step is ...

Louisiana state regulations charge the Health Department with reviewing all nursing home emergency preparedness plans, allowing it to notify facilities if it decides they do not meet “current ...