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2012-2017 Orange County Master Aging Plan Goal 4: Promote the safety and rights of older and vulnerable adults and prevent their abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Objective 4.1: Collaborate with Emergency Management Services (EMS) to improve services for older residents of Orange County. ^ Strategy 4.1.1: Collaborate with Orange County EMS to provide multi-media information and trainings on falls prevention to fall victims, their families, and relevant organizations. Indicator 4.1.1 a: Trainings provided to older adults, caretakers, and organizations on how to manage and prevent fall events. Indicator 4.1.1 b: DVD training on older adult fall management and prevention created that can be disseminated to organizations and citizens. Indicator 4.1.1 c: Information materials and pamphlets on fall prevention and management provided to older adults who fall in their own homes. Aye_ncies ._Res.ponsible: Deparfinent on Aging, Emergency Management Services (EMSj, UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC Center for Aging and Health ^ Stratepy 4.1.2: Partner with Orange County EMS, managers of long-term care facilities, older adults, and their caretakers to prevent reliance on EMS ambulance services for emerging medical problems, such as falls-related events. Indicator_ 4.1.2a_: Meeting between EMS and (ong-term care administrators to determine which medical events in long-ferm care facilities could be dealt with appropriately in ways besides full ambulance services and to determine which long-term care facility procedures could be altered to appropriately care for residents without reliance on full ambulance services. Indicator_4_.1..2_b: Development of protocols for EMS workers responding to calls relafed to older adults. Agencies Responsible: Department on Aging, Emergency Management Services {EMS), long-term care facility administrators, UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine, and UNC Center for Aging and Health 34