Study Links Disasters to Dementia [Consumer.Healthday.com]

     Perhaps Emergency Planners will also take this into consideration, as they formulate plans. Until Five years ago, I recorded minutes of our Local Emergency Planning Committee, and other committees-for our City Clerk's Office. 

      Our proximity to the flood zones of the Connecticut River (separating New Hampshire and Vermont) had emergency plans in place to address a host of "rural" and 'metropolitan' issues: from moving dairy cow herds in the river flood zones to "higher ground" areas where they could still be milked, to what hazardous materials were transported by rail, truck, and air- in this area where two Inter-state highways intersect, and Amtrak and freight trains pass, and even hospital radiological supplies are transported by air.

Rural folks tend to look out for their neighbors, especially elderly folks. I find myself wondering what "Resilience building activities" might mitigate this risk for all elderly folks-be they "rural" or "Urban"...