Humana Offers Storm Season Preparedness Tips
June 07 2017 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
With 2017 hurricane season under way, Humana
shares simple steps to take now to maintain good health this storm
season
With the start June 1 of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season,
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and
well-being companies, encourages people to take steps now that will
help ensure they can maintain good health in the event of severe
weather or an evacuation.
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“Hurricanes, particularly in the event of a coastal evacuation,
pose a higher risk to seniors and residents with chronic health
conditions,” said Humana South Florida Medicare Medical Director
Dr. Louis Fernandez. “There are simple things that seniors and
their families can do ahead of the severe weather to ensure their
health isn’t jeopardized by a disaster.”
Those at much higher risk of being affected or displaced by
severe weather include seniors and residents with serious medical
conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease, and
those who regularly take prescription medications.
Residents and caregivers should have an emergency bag packed,
and also help make sure other dependent family members are also
ready for this year’s storm season.
Here are seven severe weather emergency preparedness tips from
Humana:
- Pay special attention to weather
forecasts and take evacuation orders seriously.
- Power could be disrupted for
extended periods of time. Anyone dependent on oxygen should ask
a family member or caregiver to contact the oxygen provider about
the best way to prepare for this scenario.
- Use technology to make keeping track
of important documents easier and more secure. Take photos of
insurance cards, identification cards and prescription providers
and store in your phone. Add important health-related phone numbers
like doctors, pharmacy, health insurance information, so that you
and your family can stay in touch with your doctors and pharmacies
even if you’re away from home for an extended period. Be sure to
forward those key health care and medical contacts to a family
member who lives out of the area.
- Take advantage of 30- to 90-day
prescription home delivery service from your health benefits
provider to ensure you don’t run out of medicine while you are away
or while businesses are closed. Mail-order pharmacy also often
provides a cost savings for consumers.
- Make lists: it’s easy to forget
things in an emergency, and that includes a list for you and anyone
that will be dependent on you for help (children, family members,
seniors). Include any durable medical equipment, C-PAP masks, and
other medical necessities like walkers and hearing aids, along with
flashlights with extra batteries, plus at least two weeks’ supply
of medicines.
- Put together your family emergency
kit now! An emergency kit should include water; non-perishable
food; first aid kit; whistle; dust mask; hand wipes or hand
sanitizers; manual can opener; and local maps. If you have to
evacuate ahead of a hurricane or major storm, be sure to pack
healthy snacks, such as fruit.
- Don’t neglect your mental and
emotional health. If you experience stress or depression after
a hurricane, seek professional help right away to address the
issues.
For more suggestions about severe weather preparation tips and
checklists, please visit Humana.com/HumanaNews.
About Humana
Humana Inc. is committed to helping our millions of medical and
specialty members achieve their best health. Our successful history
in care delivery and health plan administration is helping us
create a new kind of integrated care with the power to improve
health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are leading to a
better quality of life for people with Medicare, families,
individuals, military service personnel, and communities at
large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site at
www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission
filings
- Most recent investor conference
presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and
conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
Note: Humana has regional medical directors available
upon request for phone or in-person interviews.
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Humana Inc.Corporate Communications:Mitch Lubitz,
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