Kathy Knight presents workshops on emergency preparedness for long term care and assisted living communities

Director, Northeastern Maine Regional Resource Center, Director, EMHS Center of Emergency Preparedness and Director, Northeastern Maine Medical Reserve Corps, Kathy Knight, RN, BSN, presented a 3 hour workshop, "Be Ready: Emergency Preparedness Planning for Long Term Care and Assisted Living Communities" on April 23rd in Portland and on April 30th in Lewiston.  This event was sponsored by the UNE-Maine Geriatric Education Center, UNE MatureCare and St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion. 

The workshops were presented to health professionals in LTC and AL communities and discussed requirements and regulations that are imposed upon Long Term Care and Assisted Living Communities, the potential legal litigation for failing to comply with preparedness regulations, and ways to plan and institute a functional emergency response plan. In all, there were approximately 60 participants from Long Term Care and Assisted Living Communities in attendance.

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.