Evaluating California nursing homes' emergency preparedness for wildfire exposure.
Natalia FestaNora M HeaphyKaitlin Fender ThrogmortonMaureen CanavanThomas M GillPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
California nursing homes at heightened risk of exposure to wildfires have poorer emergency preparedness than unexposed facilities. These findings suggest that nursing home management and staff may be unaware of important environmental risks to which their facilities are exposed. Improved integration of nursing homes into community disaster planning may better align facility preparedness with surrounding wildfire risk.