Transcript The Functional Needs Framework

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The Functional Needs Framework
BC Coalition of People with
Disabilities
PERSON
1. With a complex set of needs
2. When needs are met
3. Person has ability to
participate in community and
contribute to society
PERSON WITH FUNCTIONAL
NEEDS
1. With a complex set of needs
2. Experiences environmental
barriers (physical, social and
economic) to having needs
met
3. Remove barriers
4. Person has ability to
participate and contribute
People may have limitations in any
of the following functional areas:
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Hearing
Seeing
Breathing
Walking and mobility
Manipulating objects
Speech
Communication
Learning
Understanding
For the purposes of emergency planning
and response, the functional needs
framework looks at 5 categories:
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• Communication
• Medical
• Independence
• Supervision
• Transportation
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS Includes people who:
• Have limited or no ability
to speak, read or
understand English
• Have reduced or no
ability to speak, see or
hear
• Have limitations in
learning and
understanding
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS –
During an emergency people may not be
able to:
• Hear verbal
announcements
• See directional signs
to assistance services
• Understand the
message
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS –
Includes people who need assistance
with:
• Activities of daily living bathing, eating etc.
• Managing chronic or
contagious health
conditions, medications,
IV therapy, tube feeds,
wounds, catheters,
ostomies
• Dialysis, oxygen, suction
• Operating power
dependent equipment
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS During an emergency:
• Some people may be
separated from family
and friends
• Early identification of
needs and disaster
response intervention
can avoid costly
deterioration of health
and functional needs
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS –
Includes people who use the following to function
on a daily basis:
• Mobility aids wheelchairs, walkers,
scooters
• Communication aids hearing aids,
computers
• Medical equipment oxygen, syringes
• Service animals
• Medications
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS –
During an emergency:
• Individuals may
become separated
from their assistive
equipment and
devices or service
animals
• Do not separate an
individual from their
service animal
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS Includes people with any of the following:
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Dementia
Alzheimer’s
Depression
Schizophrenia
Anxiety
Transfer trauma
Brain injury
Developmental
disabilities
• Severe mental illness
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS –
Includes people who can not drive due to:
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Disability
Age
Temporary injury
Poverty
Addiction
Legal restrictions
No access to a
vehicle
Meeting functional needs requires a
few extra steps…
• A person who is deaf may need referral to
food and lodging + ASL interpretation
services
• A senior with low vision may need
registration and inquiry and psychosocial
support + information in large print
• A new immigrant with low-proficiency in
English may need first aid + interpretation
and translation in their first language
Functional Needs Framework as an
encompassing tool for planning
• It makes no sense to plan separately for
each vulnerable population
• We need to shift away from “special
needs” planning and response
• The FNF can be used to plan for the
needs of all members of the community
• Think ALL HAZARDS ALL PEOPLE
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Provide information
and announcements
in both verbal and
plain language written
formats – include
large print
• Provide ASL
interpreters
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Have paper and pens
and alphabet boards
available for those who
may need to
communicate with you in
this way
• Public phones should
have TTY capability for
people who are deaf and
hard of hearing
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• People who are blind
may be disoriented in
unfamiliar surroundings ask if they need help
• Some assistance
animals may be
disoriented because of
the disaster and may not
be able to assist their
owner effectively - ask
the person if they will
need help
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Have extra food and
water for assistance
animals that
accompany people
with disabilities
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Reception Centres
should be wheelchair
accessible (including
washrooms)
• Plan for loan replacement
of equipment and
assistive devices, such
as: wheelchairs, walkers,
canes etc.
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Accommodation
vouchers being provided
to people with mobility
disabilities should be for
wheelchair accessible
accommodation
• Food vouchers provided
to people with mobility
disabilities should be
wheelchair accessible
restaurants
EXAMPLE - MAKING RECEPTION CENTRES
MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Allow people with mobility
disabilities the option of
going to the head of long
lines
• Avoid using outdoor
areas that are muddy,
sandy, rocky or covered
by thick grass - basically,
slippery or uneven
surfaces
EXAMPLE - EVACUATION
• Make sure transportation is
provided for people without
cars.
• Ensure that the equipment
people need for medical
reasons, communication and
for functional independence
is transported with them.
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Questions & Comments?
BC Coalition of People with
Disabilities
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