No Power. No Pharmacy. Now What? 🔦💊 Dr. Sue Anne Bell on Emergency Preparedness After 60

Описание: 🚨 NO POWER. NO PHARMACY. NOW WHAT? 🔦💊 We tend to think about emergency preparedness as bottled water, flashlights and a go-bag. But after 60, preparedness can become much more complicated. What happens when the systems supporting our everyday independence suddenly aren’t available? For this National Preparedness Month edition of The Not Old Better Show, I speak with University of Michigan disaster researcher and experienced disaster responder Dr. Sue Anne Bell. Her work asks us to think beyond the emergency itself and consider what happens when healthcare, medications, electricity, transportation and communication are disrupted. ⚡ What happens when someone depends on powered medical equipment?💊 How do you prepare for interruptions in prescription access?🚗 When should you evacuate rather than shelter in place?👥 What changes when you’re caring for an older spouse or living alone?📱 And what happens when the smartphone containing so much of your life no longer works? One finding from Bell’s research particularly caught my attention: among older adults surveyed who used electricity-dependent medical equipment, only about one-quarter had backup power in place. That turns a power outage from an inconvenience into something potentially much more serious. Preparedness is also about independence. The goal isn’t to live frightened about what might happen. It’s to identify the weak points while we still have time to do something about them. 🎙️ No Power. No Pharmacy. Now What? Dr. Sue Anne Bell on Emergency Preparedness After 60 The Not Old Better Show 🔦 Prepare now. Protect your independence later. #NationalPreparednessMonth #EmergencyPreparedness #HealthyAging #OlderAdults #AgingWell #Caregiving #NotOldBetter