As the snow swirls, the winds howl and the temperature drops, there are lots of ways to become victim to the elements and circumstances of a winter storm.
Older Americans will rely on in-home caregiving from family or paid aides more and more often as the population ages. Adults and children with disabilities need the critical help caregivers provide. At the same time, severe weather events are increasingly common, making potential solutions – especially for the most vulnerable – more pressing.
There are ways to protect yourself, according to first responders and a regional leader in primary health care.
“If you’re not normally out there shoveling and snowblowing, please don’t do it,” is one way Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo recommended during a Wednesday news conference, in the midst of a second powerful storm this week.
Buffalo is known as the City of Good Neighbors, he said, and others better equipped to help with snow removal are often willing to help.
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