PLANNING AHEAD

Danger might come unexpectedly and the elder people are in the group of a higher risk. In order to improve their safety the seniors should:

• Keep the emergency kit, ready to be taken at any time of evacuation, in the house,

• Know the address and the phone number to the local authorities,

• Label the equipment, which they might need i.e. wheelchairs, walking sticks,

• Prepare the list of medications they are taking at the moment as well as the medical equipment such as: pacemaker,

• Plan the transportation in case of evacuation,

• Make the medication supplies to avoid the lack of it,

• Know the phone number of a 24 hour drug store,

• Put the list of emergency phone numbers by their phone,

• Keep in the wallet or in the handbag the spare list of the emergency phone numbers as well as the medical information,

• Prepare the plan and practise the best escape paths from the house.