Fire and the older adult [[electronic resource] /] / U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center

• Pubblicazione: [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, , [2006]
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 53 pages : digital, PDF file
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Dwellings - Fires and fire prevention - United States; Long-term care facilities - Fires and fire prevention - United States; Nursing homes - Fires and fire prevention - United States; Safety education, Industrial - United States
• Note generali: Title from title page of source document (viewed on Jan. 25, 2006).; "January 2006."; "FA-300"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-53).
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fire and the older adult
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910698217703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II