The disproportionate risks and impacts of climate change and extreme weather on older adults are increasingly evident. While especially true in disaster-prone areas, human-caused climate change introduces an element of uncertainty even in previously identified “safe” regions such as the Midwestern United States. Using a cumulative disadvantage and vulnerability-informed framework and descriptive statistics from multiple data sources, this article provides an overview of climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and county-level characteristics, focusing on older adults living in Central Ohio. A comparative multiple-case study methodology was used to triangulate regionally representative primary and secondary data sources to examine state and county-level measures of vulnerability, emergency preparedness, and disruptions caused by extreme weather among older adults across eight counties in Central Ohio. Seventy-eight percent of older adults in the sample reported being prepared for emergencies per Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines. Older adults in Union County reported the highest rates of preparedness, while those in Fayette County reported the lowest. County-level rates of disruption of life activities by extreme weather ranged widely. Among the most rural in the region, Fayette County emerged as uniquely disadvantaged, with the lowest median income, the most vulnerable across multiple social vulnerability dimensions, and the most reported disruptions to life activities from extreme weather. County profiles offer a snapshot of existing vulnerabilities, socioeconomic conditions, special needs, preparedness, and current disruptions among older adults in the region and can inform resource mobilization across community and policy contexts.

气候变化和极端天气对老年人造成的不成比例的风险和影响日益明显。虽然在灾害多发地区尤其如此，但人为造成的气候变化甚至在美国中西部等先前确定的“安全”地区也带来了不确定性。本文使用累积劣势和脆弱性知情框架以及来自多个数据源的描述性统计数据，概述了气候影响、脆弱性和县级特征，重点关注俄亥俄州中部的老年人。采用比较多案例研究方法对具有区域代表性的主要和次要数据源进行三角测量，以检查俄亥俄州中部八个县老年人的脆弱性、应急准备和极端天气造成的破坏的州和县级措施。样本中 78% 的老年人表示已根据联邦紧急事务管理局的指导方针为紧急情况做好了准备。联合县的老年人的准备率最高，而费耶特县的老年人的准备率最低。极端天气对县级生命活动的干扰率差异很大。在该地区最农村的地区中，费耶特县处于独特的不利地位，收入中位数最低，在多个社会脆弱性维度上最脆弱，并且据报道极端天气对生活活动的干扰最多。县概况提供了该地区老年人现有脆弱性、社会经济条件、特殊需求、准备情况和当前干扰的概况，并可以为跨社区和政策环境的资​​源调动提供信息。