Table 2.
Overview of the included articles.
| Authors (Year); Origin | Title | Aims |
|---|---|---|
| ASPR TRACIE (2019) [33]; USA | Medical Surge and the Role of Home Health and Hospice Agencies (HHA) | To learn more about the implementation of the emergency management activities of Medicare-certified home health care and hospice agencies following the 2016 Final Rule of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; to address these agencies’ (technical) assistance needs. |
| Balinsky 2003 [28]; Balinsky & Sturman 2006 [29]; Balinsky & Sturman 2006 [30]; USA |
The Home Care Emergency Response to the September 11 Tragedy (1); Emergency Preparedness in the Home Care Environment–A Follow Up Study -Part I. Since 9/11, where has the urgency gone? (2); Emergency Preparedness in the Home Care Environment–A Follow Up Study -Part II. Since 9/11, where has the urgency gone? Are we really prepared? (3) |
To examine the experiences of home care agencies in New York City and their losses after the 11 September attacks in order to develop recommendations (1); to examine the progress made in implementing the recommendations (2, 3). |
| Daugherty et al. (2012) [34]; USA | Disaster Preparedness in Home Health and Personal-Care Agencies: Are they ready? | To explore disaster preparedness policies and agency practices; to identify opportunities for coordination with disaster preparedness officials. |
| Kirkpatrick & Bryan (2007) [35]; USA | Hurricane Emergency Planning by Home Health Providers. Serving the Poor. | To gather critical information in order to help improve the response to community disasters that affect indigent populations, with a focus on emergency planning among home health care providers. |
| Laditka et al. (2008) [36]; USA | Disaster Preparedness for Vulnerable Persons Receiving In-Home, Long-Term Care in South Carolina. | To examine how agencies in South Carolina that provide in-home health care and personal care services help vulnerable clients prepare for disasters as well as how these agencies could improve their clients’ preparedness. |
| Wyte-Lake et al. (2017) [37]; USA | Developing a Home-based Primary Care Disaster Preparedness Toolkit | To examine the utility of an evidence-based disaster preparedness toolkit in the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) programme; to evaluate the toolkit. |
| Wyte-Lake et al. (2019) [38]; USA | Development of a Home Health Patient Assessment Tool for Disaster Planning | To develop a checklist-style tool that can be used to guide practitioners of the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) programme in assessing their patients’ disaster preparedness; to explore the utility of the tool’s implementation. |
| Wyte-Lake et al. (2020) [31]; Wyte-Lake et al. (2020) [32]; USA |
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria: Exploring the Role of Home-based Care Programs (1) Preparedness and response activities of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home-based primary care (HBPC) program around the fall 2017 hurricane season (2) |
To examine the activities of the nine VA HBPC programmes that were impacted during the 2017 Fall Hurricane Season; to develop a multi-layered understanding of what support the programmes need in the aftermath of hurricanes in order to better prepare their patients and staff for future disasters. |
| Zane & Biddinger (2011) [39]; USA | Home health Assessment Tools: Preparing for Emergency Triage | To develop a patient risk assessment tool that enables home care services, hospitals, and emergency planners to anticipate the care needs of all home care patients in a community in the event of a disaster. |