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  2. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

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    An emergency preparedness plan must also make available to the director of FEMA and the Comptroller General any records, books, or papers necessary to conduct an audit. Lastly, a plan must include a way to provide emergency preparedness information to the public (included limited English speakers and those with disabilities) in an organized manner.

  3. Local Mitigation Strategy - Wikipedia

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    Status of Local Hazard Mitigation Plans from FEMA as of March, 2018. A Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) or Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) is a local government plan (in the United States, typically implemented at a county level), that is designed to reduce or eliminate risks to people and property from natural and man-made hazards.

  4. Local Adaptation Plans of Action - Wikipedia

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    Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPAs) are community-driven plans that aim to help local governments and communities build resilience to the impacts of climate change. . LAPAs are typically developed in regions or communities that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as areas prone to flooding, droughts, or extreme weather eve

  5. Risk management plan - Wikipedia

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    A risk management plan is a document to foresee risks, estimate impacts, and define responses to risks. It also contains a risk assessment matrix.According to the Project Management Institute, a risk management plan is a "component of the project, program, or portfolio management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed".

  6. Emergency management - Wikipedia

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    Many local municipalities may also have a separate dedicated office of emergency management (OEM), along with personnel and equipment. If the event becomes overwhelming to the local government, state emergency management (the primary government structure of the United States) becomes the coordinating emergency management agency.

  7. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Most residential care models are considered to be community services operated by community agencies rather than nursing facilities; an example of different kinds of "community-based care" are "Alzheimer's demonstrations" which originally included: mobile day care, rural geriatric dementia evaluation, El Portal services for ...

  8. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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    For example, in many Asian countries whereby younger generations often care for the elderly due to societal norms, government-run elderly care is seldom used in developing countries throughout Asia due to a lack of sufficient taxation necessary to provide an adequate standard of care, whilst privately-run elderly care in developing countries ...

  9. Nursing care plan - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, care planning was not believed to be within the nursing scope of practice. [5] In the 1970s, care planning was activity based. [5] Patients were listed according to the procedures they were having done, which determined their plan of care. [5] Care provided was passed on by word of mouth, dressing books, and work lists. [5]