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Access and Functional Needs

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Access & Functional Needs

August 22, 2022

Disasters have a greater impact on individuals with access and functional needs. Individuals with access and functional needs can include:

  • People with disabilities
  • People with chronic illness
  • Older adults
  • Children
  • Pregnant women
  • People who live in institutional settings
  • People with pharmacological dependency
  • People with limited access to transportation
  • People of low socioeconomic status
  • People experiencing homelessness
  • Limited English proficiency/non-English speakers

To mitigate the impact of disasters on these populations, it is important to identify their needs before, during, and following disasters by including them in emergency planning.

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Hospital Guidebook for Access and Functional Needs (AFN) in a Disaster
Serving the AFN community during disasters

November 29, 2022

The AFN Guidebook is a tool hospital emergency managers can use to broaden their understanding of diverse AFN communities while empowering them to develop hospital policies and procedures, risk assessments, and Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) capable of meeting the complexities associated with serving the AFN community during disasters.

Presenters:

  • Kevin Muszynski, Project Manager, Support Services
  • Steve Storbakken, Director, Emergency Preparedness & Environment of Care Compliance, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
  • L. Vance Taylor, Chief, Office of Access and Functional Needs, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services 

Downloadable Materials:

  • Hospital Guidebook for Access Presentation
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Access and Functional Needs: Hospital Disaster Guidebook
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

August 22, 2022

This guidebook and tool was funded through a grant from the California Community Foundation and is presented as a free reference tool to help Hospital Emergency Managers prepare, plan and conduct exercises and training with local AFN communities. This tool was developed for, and is intended for use by, emergency management professionals in the healthcare industry.

All agency and organization websites selected for inclusion in the ‘Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Hospital Disaster Guidebook’ and any and all designations of ‘best practice’ have been made under the direction of Steven Storbakken, Director of Emergency Preparedness & Environmental Safety, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC). Mr. Storbakken used his extensive experience and expertise in hospital disaster management to compile the listings in this tool.

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Access & Functional Needs (AFN)
CalOES

August 22, 2022

In 2008, California established the Office of Access and Functional Needs (OAFN) within the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

The purpose of OAFN is to identify the needs of individuals with disabilities and others with access or functional needs before, during, and after disasters and to integrate them into the State’s emergency management systems.

OAFN utilizes a whole community approach by offering training and guidance to emergency managers and planners, disability advocates and other service providers responsible for planning for, responding to and helping communities recover from disasters. In short, OAFN plans for the realities of disasters by integrating access and functional needs into everything Cal OES does including partnership development, outreach, training, guidance and providing technical assistance.

OAFN online resources:

  • Evacuation & Transportation
  • AFN-specific communication recommendations and considerations
  • AFN-specific materials, guidance documents, and best practices
  • California OAFN Community Network
  • Sheltering

To learn more, visit the CalOES Access & Functional Needs webpage.

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