Emergency preparedness for older adults via culture
ISSN: 1366-3666
Article publication date: 11 April 2023
Issue publication date: 8 February 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The reality of emergency preparedness for older adults has not been quite satisfactory in many regions. This paper aimed to study how to improve emergency preparedness for older adults in the viewpoint of emergency culture.
Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review was used to contrast internationally voiced emergency preparedness (i.e. the principles of emergency preparedness) with culturally adapted emergency preparedness (e.g. values, games, arts, outdoor activities, etc.) via international organizations in both developing and developed countries. For data flow, the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses was also used in a supplementary way.
Findings
An encompassing tenet states that all stakeholders need to divert the internationally voiced emergency preparedness into culturally adapted emergency preparedness while addressing the effects of culture, self-preparedness, integration, diversity, tailored intervention, etc.
Originality/value
This paper has probed into the frame of emergency preparedness for older adults more comprehensively than the previous literature. In doing so, the aspect of emergency culture has been much supported.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: No funding was received for conducting this study.
DeclarationsEthics approval and consent to participate: This research did not require ethics approval to include informed consent.
Consent for publication: The author affirms that the author did not use human research participants.
Availability of data and material: The author confirms that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the paper.
Competing interests: The author has no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose.
Authors’ contributions: Kyoo-Man Ha as a single author competed this manuscript.
Citation
Ha, K.-M. (2024), "Emergency preparedness for older adults via culture", Working with Older People, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-01-2023-0001
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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