On April , the Office of Inspector General, US Department of Health and Human Services, released a report entitled "Gaps Continue to Exist in Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Disasters: 2007-2010,"(PDF, 1.36MB) following a study to assess the emergency preparedness and response of 24 selected nursing homes that experienced floods, hurricanes, and wildfires during the period 2007-2010. A 2006 report about nursing homes that had experienced hurricanes resulted in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issuing guidance checklists for emergency planning of health care facilities, long-term care (LTC) ombudsman programs and State survey agencies (SA). The latest study compared the emergency plans of each of the selected nursing homes to the CMS checklists. The report's findings concluded that "most nursing homes nationwide met Federal requirements for written emergency plans and preparedness training. However, [the report] identified many of the same gaps in nursing home preparedness and response found in the the 2006 report."

In a similar vein, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), released its own report with regards the elderly in disaster situations. Released on April to commemorate International Health Day, the report entitled "Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Needs of Older Persons in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean: A Contribution to World Health Day 2012 Ageing and Health," (PDF 1.42MB) offers a series of directives that aid in incorporating into risk management processes and programs the concerns and questions impacting care of the elderly in disaster situations.