nursing_homes

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata character set: utf8

Last update: 2024-06-26

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Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset

Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification

Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:

Title: nursing_homes

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Presentation format: mapDigital

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Keywords: homeland security, homeland defense, emergency response, nursing home, assisted living, eldery care, alzheimer, retirement community, rest home, manor, skilled nursing, continuing care, convalescent, name, address, type, status, population, facilty characteristics

Abstract: The Nursing Home / Assisted Care feature class/shapefile contains facilities that house elderly adults. This feature class’s/shapefile's attribution contains physical and demographic information for facilities in the continental United States and some of its territories. The purpose of this feature class/shapefile is to provide accurate locations for high concentrations of elderly adults in the event of a disaster. The attribution within this feature class/shapefile was populated via open source methodologies of authoritative sources. During the update cycle for this version, 7170 records added

Purpose: This feature class/shapefile contains nursing and assisted care facilities for the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) database (https://gii.dhs.gov/HIFLD).

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Dataset character set: utf8

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General constraints:

Limitations of use: None (Public Use). Users are advised to read the data set's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.

Spatial representation type: vector

Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333

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Extent contains the resource: true

West longitude: -165.406389

East longitude: -65.835341

North latitude: 71.300571

South latitude: 17.997109

Credits: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Geospatial Management Office (GMO)

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

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Object type: point

Object count: 53129