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APPENDIX 1 <br /> ANNEX L <br />SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTERING AND CARE <br /> <br /> I. PURPOSE <br /> <br /> This appendix describes the responsibilities for shelters and mass care for special <br />needs populations during emergency situations. <br /> <br />II. SITUATION AND ASSUMPTIONS <br /> <br />A. Situation <br /> <br /> 1. The population of Cabarrus County contains individuals and groups with <br />special needs that will require individual or special assistance during emergency <br /> N~. l, <br />situations. Evacuation of these citizens to a shelter will require additional planning, <br />coordination and resources. <br /> <br /> 2. Some persons with special needs may, with minimal assistance, be able to <br />function in a mass care shelter. Those persons with special health needs requiring <br />constant care and/or life support systems will require a special needs shelter or a medical <br />facility. Typical special needs facilities are nursing homes, rest homes, and group homes <br />for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled, etc. <br /> <br />B. Assumptions <br /> <br /> 1. Any person with special needs who can manage those needs personally or <br />whose family members can provide assistance will be accepted in the shelter serving the <br />individual, his family, and his community. <br /> <br /> 2. The county will provide shelters for the special needs population in the county. <br />This shelter will be in a separate designated area of an existing shelter or housed in a <br />separate facility, depending on the resources available in the county. <br /> <br /> 3. Private and government operated residential facilities caring for special needs <br />groups, are responsible for the continual care for their patients/residents during the entire <br />period of the evacuation. This includes financial responsibility for the staff, equipment, <br />meals, and supplies used to care for patients in the shelter. <br /> <br /> 4. Private and government-operated facilities caring for special needs groups for <br />less than 24 hours, such as daycare facilities, pre-schools, and day health facilities are <br />responsible for the continual care of their clients during the entire period of the <br />evacuation. This requirement ends when the client is released to a parent or a responsible <br />adult. <br /> <br />EOP/ANNEX L/APPENDIX 1 <br /> <br />1 January 2003 <br /> <br /> <br />