| Available : All Days | Presented By : Laura A. Dixon |
| Category : Healthcare | Event Type : Recorded Webinar |
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In 2024, an average of 11,000 Americans per day will be turning 65. There is also a growing number of people living alone. A recent survey of Medicare Advantage members found that one in five did not have anyone they could lean on in the case of an emergency. Emergencies increase the risk of harm for older adults living with impaired mobility, cognitive deficits, social isolation, and limited financial resources. Promoting health equity and age-friendly public health and health systems are priorities right now. This presentation, led by Laura A. Dixon, will focus on the intersection of these topics with emergency preparedness, planning, and recovery.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Describe how Age-Friendly Public Health Systems support public health’s role in healthy aging and emergency preparedness
• Discuss how information from health equity initiatives can help hospital emergency planners
• Describe the importance of communication geared towards older adults and caregivers during a disaster
Laura A. Dixon served as the Director, Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management, and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, Ms. Dixon provided patient safety and risk management consulting and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states.
Such services included the creation of presentations on risk management topics, assessment of healthcare facilities; and development of programs and compilation of reference materials that complement physician-oriented products.
Ms. Dixon has more than twenty years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management. Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the Director of, Western Region, Patient Safety, and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, Napa, California.
In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff in the western United States. Ms. Dixon’s legal experience includes representation of clients for Social Security Disability Insurance providing legal counsel and representation at disability hearings and appeals, medical malpractice defense, and representation of nurses before the Colorado Board of Nursing.
As a registered nurse and attorney, Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.
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