Fire and the older adult / U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

National Fire Data Center (U.S.)

United States. Department of Homeland Security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention--United States.

Older people.

Long-term care facilities--Fires and fire prevention--United States.

Long-term care facilities.

Nursing homes--Fires and fire prevention--United States.

Nursing homes.

Safety education, Industrial--United States.

Safety education, Industrial.

Long-term care facilities--Fires and fire prevention.

Nursing homes--Fires and fire prevention.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 53 pages : digital, PDF file

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, [2006]

Summary:

Report was developed by the National Fire Data Center, part of the U.S. Fire Administration, and is based on research from a variety of public and private organizations and data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (FIRS), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, and the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging. It analyzes the fire risk of persons age 65 and older as a complement to the USFA's Fire Safety Campaign for People 50-Plus. Cf. USFA-press-release, daetd 1/21/06.

Contents:

Executive summary

Introduction

Methodology

Trends and characteristics

Fire risk factors to older adults

Long-term care facilities

Home health and hospice care

Risk of fire fatality

Residential fires and older adults

Fire education and prevention.

Notes:

Title from title page of source document (viewed on Jan. 25, 2006).

"January 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-53).

"FA-300"--Cover.

OCLC:

63166865