Adaptive capabilities in the elderly during extreme heat events in South Australia

这项研究，使用第一手资料的经验和看法的极端高温事件的2009年在南澳，将提供一个有价值的洞察力的热适应能力的老龄化人口，影响易感性的因素，以及如何遏制预测的增加往往危及生命的热加剧的疾病，其中许多需要延长住院时间。预计调查结果将有助于为卫生政策提供信息，并有助于制定国家热浪应对计划。研究结果将在政府（州和联邦）、非政府组织和社区层面广泛传播，并将有助于提高人们对热加重疾病的认识。

This study, using first hand accounts of experiences and perceptions of the extreme heat event of 2009 in South Australia, will provide a valuable insight into the heat adaptive capability of the ageing population, factors affecting susceptibility, and ways to curb the predicted increase in often life-threatening heat exacerbated illnesses, many of which require extended hospital stays. It is envisaged that findings will help inform health policy and contribute to the formulation of a National Heatwave Response plan. Study findings will be disseminated widely at government (state and federal), non-government, and community levels and will help to raise the awareness of heat exacerbated illness in general.