U) The Impacts of Extreme Weather on Older Adults

Because of the increasing frequency, severity, and cost of weather events; the increasing number of older adults in the US; and the enhanced vulnerability of older adults during severe weather, this report explores the effects of climate-related extreme weather events on older adults and the current state of federal, state, and local emergency management agencies’ planning, response, and recovery. [...] 90 | www.cna.org vii The Impacts of Extreme Weather on Older Adults METHODOLOGY This report examines emergency planning, response, and recovery, and how existing federal law and regulations and federal and state policies and programs affect older adults in regard to health, housing, and quality of life during and after an extreme weather event. [...] It examines emergency planning, response, and recovery, and how existing federal Second, CNA conducted a literature review and law and regulations and federal and state policies examined a selection of relevant academic research and programs affect older adults in regard to health, papers and government documents and reports housing, and quality of life during and after an on how climate-related e. [...] to identify county clusters that have a statistically We developed 21 research questions and the data significant higher number of adults over 65 compared | www.cna.org 1 The Impacts of Extreme Weather on Older Adults to the US average and a statistically significant higher • The population distribution of the percent proportion (percentage) of adults over 65 compared of adults 65 years and over b. [...] • The bivariate distribution of the population Concentration of older adults in the 65 years and over and the percent of United States population that is 65 years and over by county (Figure 3).