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Gulf Coast Providers Kick Emergency Plans Into Gear In Face Of Hurricane Isaac

Published on Thu Aug 30, 2012

Disruptions won't be over right away.If you've let your emergency preparedness plan quietly molder on a shelf, now may be the time to update it.Many home care providers along the Gulf Coast are relying on faithful updates to their plans in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. Most home care patients decided to weather the Category 1 storm at home, according to press reports. But some of the patients who were among the more than 650,000 residents of five states who lost power were going to shelters for help with their oxygen or other equipment, reports The Times-Picayune. Of about 500 hospice patients in the New Orleans area, only a handful went to a medical shelter in Baton Rouge before the storm, the newspaper says.At press time, Louisiana was opening more special needs shelters, said the HomeCare Association of Louisiana in a message to members. "Power outages are resulting in multiple [...]
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