Senior Ready Bundle

Two complete emergency kits sized for one or two people

Covers food, water, light, warmth, and information

Save 10% off both kits purchased separately

Free Senior Emergency Planning Guide, available on your order confirmation page after checkout

This bundle is for older adults who want to be genuinely prepared, and for the adult children and family members who want that peace of mind too. It is a strong fit for anyone living independently or with a spouse, in an area prone to power outages, winter storms, or natural disasters.

It also makes a thoughtful gift for a parent or grandparent who would not think to buy it for themselves. See our guide to giving an emergency kit as a gift.

Guardian Go 2-Person Home Emergency Survival Kit

Power Outage Premium Kit

Free Senior Emergency Planning Guide. Your download link appears on the order confirmation page right after checkout, so grab it before you close the page.

Extended power outages affecting medical devices or home comfort

Winter storms that make leaving home dangerous or impossible

Shelter-in-place situations for older adults living independently

Any emergency where a senior's specific medical and personal needs require advance planning

Adult children who want to know their parents have a real plan in place

• These kits cover the foundation: food, water, light, and power. The rest is personal, and no pre-packed kit can anticipate it. The Senior Emergency Planning Guide walks through all of it.
• Prescriptions: for older adults specifically, the American Red Cross recommends keeping at least a 30-day supply of each medication, which is longer than the one-week figure they give for households generally. Ask your pharmacist how to build that cushion without running short at the end of a month, and ask what your state allows for emergency refills.
• Hearing aid batteries: pack a full set of backups in the kit right now, or a charger if the aids are rechargeable. They are small, easy to forget, and central to being able to communicate.
• Glasses and contacts: include a backup pair of glasses or a supply of contacts and solution. Both appear on every official older-adult checklist.
• CPAP and medical devices: the Power Outage Premium Kit provides light and information, not device power. Confirm what your device needs, how long its battery lasts away from wall power, and where you would go when the backup runs out.
• Medication that has to stay cold: decide now how you would keep it cold if the power stops. A small cooler and ice packs is usually the answer.
• Medical alert device: make sure it is charged and that your monitoring service has current emergency contact information.
• Important documents: store copies of insurance cards, Medicare or Medicaid information, advance directives, and emergency contacts in a waterproof sleeve inside the kit. Adult children should have copies too.
• Check both kits twice a year, and any time something changes. If you are buying this bundle for a parent or grandparent, sit down and walk through both kits together. Familiarity with the contents matters as much as having them.

Why does preparedness look different for older adults?

The supplies are much the same. What changes is everything around them.

Medications become the centre of the plan rather than an afterthought, which is why the Red Cross recommends a 30-day supply for older adults instead of the one week they suggest generally. Anything that runs on electricity needs a backup, and a plan for when the backup runs out. Weight matters, so a kit on a basement shelf is a kit that stays there. And the support network matters most of all: who has a key, who knows where the kit is, and who knows how the equipment works.

Ready.gov, FEMA's preparedness campaign, makes the same point in its guidance for people with access and functional needs. The plan is the part that takes an afternoon. The kit is the part you can order today.