PREPARE

How can you prepare your senior living or long-term care workforce to handle an emergency or disaster?

Equip your staff with the skills needed to handle natural disasters and other public health emergencies with PREPARE, a train-the-trainer program. You'll be able to assure residents and families that your community is ready to:

• Meet the special needs of older adults in your care
• Recognize, respond to, and mitigate both manmade and natural threats
• Take a coordinated approach to alert and involve local, state, and national agencies

PREPARE is offered in several different formats to better provide your organization with the flexibility they need.

Training Sessions and Tools Available

• 1-day Train-the-Trainer Program
• Online Course
• Webinar
• Training Toolkit
• Learning Modules Interactive Guide

 

Awards

PREPARE has received the award for innovation and quality in Healthcare and Aging, 2007, from the American Society on Aging (ASA).  See all of Mather LifeWays awards by clicking here.

 

PREPARE was developed with funding through the Bioterrorism and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP) grant from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services.

 

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