Long Term Care Agency Disaster Planning & Response Compact

The Long Term Care Agency Disaster Planning & Response Compact is a voluntary agreement among Participating Long Term Care Agencies to provide assistance at the time of a Disaster, not an Emergency, in accordance with relevant emergency management/disaster preparedness plans. The assistance components of this Compact will not take effect until a disaster or an emergency has been declared by local or state authorities or when necessary to save lives or ensure critical patient/resident care continuity in absence of a declared emergency or disaster.

The Compact also describes the relationships among Long Term Care Agencies and is intended to augment, not replace, organizational, community or regional disaster management plans.

Email LTC@semndhc.org to become a Participating LTC Agency under the Compact agreement.

• Resources:

  • Long Term Care Partners

  • Communication Plan Template

  • Transfer Agreement Example

  • Did you miss the CMS Class? Download the CMS Student Guide! 

  • 1135 Waivers At-A-Glance

  • Request for Operating under a CMS 1135 Waiver Template

• Exercise and Incident Documentation

  • Short AAR Template for Incidents

  • SEMNDHC AAR-IP Template

• Exercise Planning Resources

  • Exercise Checklist (Short)

  • Exercise Checklist (Long)

  • Exercise Planning Overview PowerPoint

  • Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program – Policy & Guidance

• ASPR TRACIE LTC Resources Website

  • Emergency Preparedness Requires a Communications Plan

  • Evacuation Tabletop Exercise for Long Term Care Facilities

  • Nursing Home Incident Command System

  • Emergency Operation Plan Checklists for Plan Components

Additional templates developed by the Northwest Health Services Coalition:

• Long Term Care Preparedness Toolkit – General emergency preparedness planning for long-term care facilities, created by an inter-agency group

• Additional Resources, Documents, and Templates