Ltc Facilities Case Study

Facilities were also required to collaborate with other outside LTC facilities and form written agreements called mutual aid agreements with them that identified them as a possible evacuation site if needed in a disaster. It was required that at least one of the facilities that they form an agreement with be fifty miles or more away. Although plans needed to include a mechanism to evacuate supplies during these events, similar agreements were also made with vendors of companies that sell medical supplies and food in the case supplies were unable to be evacuated from the building. Facilities were also to form transportation agreements with outside agencies like schools, churches and bussing agencies to help transport residents during an …show more content…
While some things within COOP’s overlap with the information in emergency operation plans, there are still many differences associated with it.
Within this plan, facilities were to identify essential personnel needed in events which are key personnel identified as needed for continuation of essential operations within the facility. They also were to list out essential functions which are functions that provide vital services to the facility. Once listed these functions were to be prioritized in regards to the need of restoration. The plan also included communications plans that had facilities identify back up devices for communications if phone lines were down. The plan included contact information for essential emergency services along with venders, licensing agencies, staff members, and other local LTC and Healthcare facilities. Also contact information for residents families were implemented in to the plan. The plan also lays out the steps and contacts for reentry of the building after an event, as many times inspections have to be done before residents can