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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Hearing Focuses On Special Needs Of Elderly During Hurricane Season 20170921

Dell gives a gift elderly americans are the focus of the carrying peace this morning during emergencies. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order recently the gulf coast and texas and florida and throw the caribbean a homes entire communities were destroyed and lives were lost. Weve learned the tragic news after irma seniors ranging in the age of 71 through 99 died in a florida nursing home that lost airconditioning because the power was knocked out. They describe the facility as a death trap because the elderly are susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month this photo of residents in the assisted living facility in texas were trapped in waist deep water went to viral. As this makes clear Older Americans was before and during and even after the storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago more than half of those ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Hearing Focuses On Special Needs Of Elderly During Hurricane Season 20170921

Through 99 died in a florida nursing home that lost airconditioning because the power was knocked out. They describe the facility as a death trap because the elderly are susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month this photo of residents in the assisted living facility in texas were trapped in waist deep water went to viral. As this makes clear Older Americans was before and during and even after the storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago more than half of those that died were seniors along with the senator from connecticut i lead a bipartisan investigation into the response of Hurricane Katrina at the federal, state, and local level. This resulted to reveal many weaknesses in the Emergency Response system. A ....

United States , South Carolina , Nursing Home , Death Trap , Deep Water , Older Americans , Hurricane Katrina , Gulf Coast , Emergency Response , Many People , Bill Hall , Much Negative , Emergency Preparedness , Mother Nature , Puerto Rico , Emergency Response Centers , Response Centers , Positive Side , Centers Medicare , Centers Medicare Medicaid Services , Medicare Medicaid , Medicare Medicaid Services , Medicaid Services , Services Require , Emergency Response Team , Response Team ,