Abstract
To promote measures against major earthquakes that may occur along the Nankai Trough in the future, we compared disaster preparedness for emergencies associated with earthquakes in the Nankai Trough, disaster-affected, and overall areas from the perspective of visiting nurses. In a questionnaire survey involving 203 visiting nurses, all 3 areas showed high rates of 〈establishing leadership and role allocation systems〉 and 〈determining methods to manage medical devices〉, and low rates of 〈developing measures to support victims in shelters〉 and 〈adopting evacuation support approaches〉. On the other hand, therates of 〈simulating support activities〉 and 〈storing food supplies for employees〉 were higher in the Nankai Trough compared with the 2 other areas. The results raise concerns over delays in planning evacuation support for people receiving home care. To promote such planning, visiting nurses should promote mutual aid through support for home care-receivers to regularly go out, while establishing collaborative relationships with residents and multiple professionals by actively participating in community-based integrated care activities and disaster preparedness drills.
