Welcome
to the Massachusetts Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan Website
Massachusetts
Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan (MassMAP) Contacts:
MassMAP
Resource Officer: See
monthly HHAN Message, MassMAP Email, or log in to www.massmap.org
to obtain the Resource Officer Contact Information.
Administrative
Contact: Mass
Senior Care, (617) 558-0202 or by email at ma@mutualaidplan.org
Operational
Contact: Jensen
Hughes, 860-793-8600 or by email at info@mutualaidplan.org
What
is the Massachusetts Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan (MassMAP) for
Evacuation / Resources and Assets:
MassMAP
establishes a course of action and an agreed commitment among
participating nursing homes, assisted living residences, and
residential care facilities (rest homes) to assist each other as
needed in the time of a disaster.
Assistance
may come in the form of:
Providing
pre-designated evacuation locations for residents during a disaster;
and/or
Providing
or sharing supplies, equipment, transportation, staff, or
pharmaceuticals to a facility when a disaster overwhelms their
community or exceeds the capability of internal emergency
preparedness plans.
Why
should you join this initiative?
While
your facility may already be part of a community-based Mutual Aid
Plan or incorporated into your Company’s overall emergency
and/or evacuation plan process this unique statewide plan will
supplement those existing resources when the local or corporate plan
is overwhelmed by a regional disaster.
Benefits to
participating include:
Preplanned
Evacuation Strategy - fast evacuation (e.g., Fire/Gas Leak) and
delayed evacuation (e.g., Hurricane/Loss of Emergency Power).
Preplanned
Supply, Equipment, and Pharmaceutical Support when isolated.
Provide
local public safety incident commanders with easy on-site access to
user-friendly plans including contact information for evacuation
resources and key personnel.
Provide
local EMS commanders with resources needed to efficiently identify,
transfer and track residents to pre-designated receiving sites and
facilities.
Development
of proactive Communications for ALL parties (healthcare, emergency
agencies).
Plan
requirements meet DPH, Elder Affairs, and Joint Commission disaster
exercise requirements and allow for community participation in
disaster preparedness and exercises.
Should
you have any questions please click on the "Contact Us"
Button in the Yellow bar at the top of the page.