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Implementation of an Emergency Power Rule: Compliance of Florida Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2022

Joseph W. June Open the ORCID record for Joseph W. June [Opens in a new window] ,
Lindsay Peterson ,
Kathryn Hyer  and
Debra Dobbs
Joseph W. June*
Affiliation:
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Lindsay Peterson
Affiliation:
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Kathryn Hyer
Affiliation:
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Debra Dobbs
Affiliation:
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
*
Corresponding author: Joseph W. June, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objective:

Thea aim of this study was to explore the relationship between Florida nursing home and assisted living facility characteristics and their ability to comply with a new emergency power rule in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

Methods:

This study used characteristics data on Florida nursing homes (NHs) (N = 680) and assisted living facilities (ALFs) (N = 2940) in operation between September 2017 and January 2019. Logistic regressions were used to determine whether certain characteristics were associated with compliance with the emergency power rule by January 1, 2019.

Results:

A total of 219 (32.9%) NHs and 2219 (75.5%) ALFs had an emergency power plan implemented by January 1, 2019. Results suggest having a dementia care unit increased the odds of compliance for NHs, while chain membership, for-profit status, and a higher reliance on Medicaid decreased the odds. Additionally, smaller size, mental health specialty license, and higher reliance on supplemental state funding increased the odds of compliance for ALFs, while nursing care specialty license and for-profit status decreased the odds of compliance.

Conclusions:

Policy implications from these results include informing policy-makers on the barriers faced by NHs and ALFs to implement a new regulation that may cause financial difficulties and compromise quality care.

Keywords

nursing homesassisted livinghurricanedisaster preparedness policy
Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e103
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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